“ KickStarter is a lot of things to a lot of people, but from my perspective it’s two things: incredibly optimistic and under constant attack.”
“ It seems like if you don’t force players to engage others, and don’t try to moderate their use of time, a game can be viral and time-dependent on a purely voluntary basis. That’s a powerful thing.”
“ 20. Tomb Raider is the kind of disposable genre game I would play again just because it feels good to play and it is fun to watch myself play.”
I made a compilation of all the Arrested Development mash-up blogs on Tumblr.
- Arrested Development + Breaking Bad = Breaking Development
- Arrested Development + Game of Thrones = Arrested Westeros
- Arrested Development + Disney = Arrested Disney
- Arrested Development + The Walking Dead = The Arrested Dead
- Arrested Development + Boardwalk Empire = Boardwalk Development
- Arrested Development + Downtown Abbey = Arrested Downtown
- Arrested Development + Seinfield = Arrested Seinfield
(via arresteddownton)
NPR and illustrator Francesco Marciuliano highlight I Could Pee On This – a collection of cat-themed poetry culled from the annals of famous literature. Though delightful, the book pales in comparison to the soul-warming Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology.
“ Brand democracy means that the organization trusts its members, staff, participants, and volunteers to communicate their own understanding of the organization’s core identity. Brand democracy largely eliminates the need to tightly control how the brand is presented and portrayed. The appetite for brand democracy among nonprofit leaders is largely a response to the growth of social media, which has made policing the brand nearly impossible. Alexis Ettinger, head of strategy and marketing at the University of Oxford’s Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, puts it bluntly, “Given the rise of social media it would be insane to try to single-handedly control the brand.”
It was an honor to be invited up to “The Balcony” by my podcasting mentor, Parris Lilly. We cover a range of topics including but not limited to E3 and its future, Nintendo and its future, social media and its impact on podcasting and the gaming community, exercise, and we preview the 2013 summer movie lineup.
If you’re a fan of my podcast, Just Talking, then you have Parris to thank for that. Give this a listen - you won’t be disappointed.
