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The Italian Job
January 14, 2010… accurate.
Follow the Crowd to the Buried Treasure
One of the big stars of the gaming world is Monkey Island, the pirate adventure series developed by Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman. After three sequels, the series disappeared. Then, in 2009, nearly a decade later, TellTale Games announced there would be another season split into five chapters, aimed at the digital distribution market.
In the non-English speaking world, the buildup to the new series was just as fervent as …
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crowdsourcing, fanmade, monkey island, piracy, sky, subtitles, torrent, translation, tv series | 7 CommentsBehind the façade: How crowdsourcing will bring videogames to life
August 4, 2010… The Sims), Shigeru Miyamoto (Mario Bros, Zelda), Jeff Minter (Tempest, Gridrunner) or Rob Gilbert (Monkey Island) is carried on by a new generation of young designers, all eager to leave their mark on the pixilated hallways of the industry.
So much has changed since these legends were born it almost seems incredible that they are still alive, let alone still overflowing with volcanic creativity. As a programmer, Peter Molyneux celebrated themes like power, choice and influence in his games. …
Twitter Predictions: the future is just 140 characters away
August 1, 2011… method to a London hedge fund (and so will presumably be retiring to a Caribbean island very soon).
Meaning overload
So far, Twitter experimenters have relied on relatively simple language-processing software to extract data from tweets. To get deeper insights, you need to do deeper analysis. The trouble is that human language is notoriously difficult for machines to interpret. Give humans 140 characters and we insist on making jokes, using sarcasm, and loading …
For a fistful of dollars: the weird and wonderful world of Fiverr
June 6, 2011… we do believe this picture from Times Square is genuine…
…But alas this “real” Monkey Sock shot isn’t quite so convincing. Someone still needs to read Photoshop For Dummies …
Other entries included Microtask’s mark on a selection of hot beverages…
…harbor art (I can hardly contain my excitement)…
…and street signs.
Along with variable quality, Fiverr’s other main issue was reliability. Out of our eleven orders, three got …
Adobe Photoshop, crowd, crowdsourcing, Finland, Fiverr, Los Angeles, microwork, music, Photoshop, Times Square, United States | Leave a commentThe Travelling Salesman is back – Part 2
January 24, 2011… industry was an eagerly anticipated destination for Kristoffer. Discussing this little volcanic island Kris says: “I was surprised by how positive everybody was despite the financial situation. Nobody seemed bothered by that…They were all setting up new startups, also the videogame industry was heavily recruiting.” Great vibe aside, Kris admits that some of the island’s rural residents had their doubts about a tech revolution being delivered by city boys who could barely handle a …
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