Data Dealer is a web game where you strive to climb the market dealing and profiting from private information. Think Farmville for personal data. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2eCAgQ1DTo The project is currently running a Kickstarter project to fund its development. It is currently just over $6,000 shy of its goal with 17 hours to go. You can try a demo of the game at … [Read more...]
April Fools 2013 around the web
April Fools is upon us once again. Google has had a pretty good presence at making jokes in previous years but this year it seems visitors are receiving the jokes with a little disdain. I have seen a handful of comment threads today filled with grumbling where people mention that Google has put more work into its April Fools jokes than maintaining or innovating with services … [Read more...]
Arena.Xlsm, an RPG built using Excel
If you have your nose buried in spreadsheets all day at the office, you might enjoy a little change of pace even with Excel open. Cary Walkin, a chartered accountant up in the great white north, has created an RPG using just Excel's macro system. It works on the Windows versions of Excel 2007 - 2013. The story goes that you are captured by the Emperor and are thrown into an … [Read more...]
Google Chrome Experiment makes Super Monkey Ball out of websites
The last Chrome Experiment called Super Sync Sports had you sync your phone with your computer for multiplayer racing, biking, and swimming. This new experiment utilizes your phone's accelerometer to control a ball as it rolls over a website you specify turned into a maze. … [Read more...]
Multiplayer gaming using your smartphone as a second screen
Google announced on the official Google Blog about a new Chrome Experiment called Super Sync Sports. The concept is to use Chrome on both your desktop and mobile devices to play a single player or multiplayer game with your device as a controller. In the title game, you run, swim, or bike against the computer or your friends by using the touch input of the mobile device while … [Read more...]