Links posted on March 20, 2008
George Clooney Egogoogles for Esquire - hilarious interview; A.J. Jacobs shows George Clooney what the internet says about him, recording his impressions on everything from his Wikipedia page to a list of his ex-girlfriends to 2G1C. The best part isn't in the article... it's item #3, "Clooney's Private Parts" in the online-only sidebar. [thx kottke]
Launchball - Speaking of science+games... the top web award @ SxSWi went to Launchball, and after taking an illicit peek I can see why. Roughly quoting the whole of their acceptance speech, "We designed a game called launch ball where you learn science by launching a ball. And now we've won an award for it. Pretty remarkable, really. Thank you." It's as addictive as Portal or Lemmings or Tower Defense, but with a very well thought out science education component that enriches the whole thing. [more inside]
Physics Fun. So again I'm looking for creative input from the most creative people I know. The linked website is going through a redesign and there will be fun physics factiods included. Anyone have some fun physics factoids? Did you know that Newton loved fig tarts which is why in 1891 Nabisco named its new tart after him?
Be creative in moving a ball around. At the annual Game Developers Conference, it appears the buzz wasn't about the game-world's equivalent to the summer block buster, Gears of War II, instead everyone was a chatter about a neat little game that allows you to draw in objects to try and help you move a ball to a star shape.
I thought it was pretty cool. Check out the demo thats embedded in the news item linked above.