Gamasutra interviews Jordan Mechner, the creator of Prince of Persia. The interview concentrates on the future of the franchise (movies! graphic novels!), rather than upon its more recent past (sucking ass!)
It's going to take someone with a whole lot of credibility to persuade me to invest any of my time or dollars into spin-offs from the Sands of Tim.
Cheshire Crossing #2 is available on-line.
A full page of "games making interesting use of artificial intelligence", discovered when I followed a link to Dan O'brien's Cloak, Dagger, and DNA.
Old news spotted at the mall today The Peril of Doc Ock. Legovision goes cinema. I hope BatGirl is getting royalties.
Roll your own Aloha shirt, via Dan Wallach.
Yeah yeah, it came from something he wrote 18 months ago. It's been a while since I wanted to look up something on voting machine fraud.
From the department of the far out: the card catalog for Lucien's Library exists.
First impressions of Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (PC version).
Summary: if you aren't already invested in the franchise, you can let this one go.
[more ]"Chew, if only you could see what I've seen with your eyes" - Batty
The World In Eyes by Nishino and Nayar; a demonstration of the information which can be obtained by capturing the reflection off of the cornea.
Oh how totally cool: drinking tea with chopsticks. Yes, it's Fluid Mech on the space station.
Courtesy of Time Life, I now have a short stack of DVD episodes of the Muppet Show. As a public service, I present the list, with links to the episode guides
[more ]Magnetic Compass Orientation in the Blind Mole Rat.
That was... an unsatisfactory ending.
Spoilers
[more ]Well, I'm about 80% of the way through Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
[more ]It was a race - three new QED references vs. a video game. Which one arrived first in the mail?
STUDY BREAK!
PoP 4 was waiting on the doorstep.
Surfed a couple sites, looking for clear depictions of the differences between crocodiles and alligators.
While tongue color comes a close second, my favorite distinguishing characteristic is the salt glands on the tongue.
Oh yeah, that's a practical way to tell them apart.
Remember, when you enter the water, you enter the food chain.
"Shiny Balls Mirror is a large physical object made of 900 hollow metal tubes with polished chrome balls placed in them."
Via Critical Section.
Ooh, shiny!
Ambiant Orb Device, used by some as a build status indicator.