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Comment on 78% N, 21% O, 0.25% H2O, 0.93% Ar, 0.04% CO2. Part II. by JC

JC — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:05:16 +0000

Was this taken over N. Korea….

Comment on 78% N, 21% O, 0.25% H2O, 0.93% Ar, 0.04% CO2. Part II. by Roscenco

Roscenco — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:47:28 +0000

Wow. I can’t think of a more incredible experience. Good timing.

Comment on Life will be one big game.. or advertisement. by Roscenco

Roscenco — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:43:28 +0000

Link Sync! Can’t wait. Not.

Yeah the Farmville vs. Twitter stat blew me away.

He nails the mentality behind this phenomena. Why was Diablo so addictive? Because the pacing of the upgrades was perfect to instill into you that you had performed just enough to merit an upgrade, which you could choose, and therefore make it your own, and the upgrade would be followed by bigger enemies, which inherently means more exciting, and feeds your conception that you are getting “better”, and the slow progression of your investment in the game is never questioned, because it all works out that your investment of time is perfectly matched by your perception of how worthy the game is of your time, and the two scale up together, symbiotically! Lots of games follow this formula, it seems, some more strictly than others, but this is the essential bare bones formula for addicting people to any experience which is purely self-contained and exists only in their mind. I played a couple of facebook games when I first got on, and if you’re okay with that manipulation, it is “rewarding” enough to keep you going. But I’m really hoping that our thirst for “real” stuff leads us back to reality and not further into duplicating it. I dunno.

Comment on smoke ring collision by Roscenco

Roscenco — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:33:04 +0000

WHAT??!!?! Never wanted higher resolution more in my life.

Comment on Movie title still collection by James

James — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:56:30 +0000

Sure. I just noticed that lately my posts have been more so film related than originally planned. -James

Comment on Movie title still collection by Rick Boyer

Rick Boyer — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:30:42 +0000

Hi. I read a few of your other posts and wanted to know if you would be interested in exchanging blogroll links?

Comment on Creating the World of Pandora by Roscenco

Roscenco — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:20:09 +0000

Thanks a lot, Cameron. Earth is so boring now.

Comment on First Person Tetris. by Roscenco

Roscenco — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:22:30 +0000

Cute. But I was thinking I’d be looking down at the top of the wall from the block’s perspective. And that my view would rotate with the block, like the block’s eyes were fixed to the bottom of the block. In other words, completely unplayable!

Comment on RGB Experimental Music Laboratory by Roscenco

Roscenco — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:17:16 +0000

Removed due to patent infringement. What the hell!

Comment on Digital Magazines: Bonnier Mag + Prototype by quemao

quemao — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:10:56 +0000

aren’t the magazines of the digital world called WEBSITES?
the static nature of the printed media is killing it…..
in the past the magazines use to be the guide that helped you find information, today the search bar does the job…..and even their advertising is a lot less annoying than those stiff pieces of cardboard magazines stick in the middle of their publications….
if you claim to do a service and then somebody else does it better than you…..well, more than likely you’ll be out of business soon.