Via David I find this amazing movie. I don’t want to spoil it by trying to sum up. It’s witty, fun and clever. It think it’s about ten minutes.
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At the dawn of film, silent movie backed by music was the norm. The art died once they got the technology to record and sync the audio with the images. It’s interesting that the internet is reviving this form of movie.
Ludonarrative Dissonance
What is this silly word, why did some people get so irritated by it, and why did it fall out of use?
Programming Vexations
Here is a 13 part series where I talk about programming games, programming languages, and programming problems.
Steam Summer Blues
This mess of dross, confusion, and terrible UI design is the storefront the big publishers couldn't beat? Amazing.
Fixing Match 3
For one of the most popular casual games in existence, Match 3 is actually really broken. Until one developer fixed it.
Crysis 2
Crysis 2 has basically the same plot as Half-Life 2. So why is one a classic and the other simply obnoxious and tiresome?
T w e n t y S i d e d

Very neat.
Well, the video that made me smile a lot recently was Elvis vs. Anime, which Shamus had probably discovered a long time ago.