links for 2007-06-23

• SPARC Video Contest
  The SPARC Discovery Awards challenges you to illustrate in a short video presentation what you see as the value of sharing information. Use your imagination to suggest what good comes from bringing down barriers to the free exchange of information. Winner
  (tags: sparc video contest competition creativecommons award)
• Blabberize.com! – Blabberize Your Pictures
  another great time waster… animate a photo with a python/southpark-esque mouth action and your recorded voiceover. Err – just go play with it and you’ll see. Produces a flash swf with the necessary embed code
  (tags: animation flash fun photography sound speech tool Video blabberize blabber)
• gotoAndPlay(): Flash games, tutorials and game development
  tutorials and articles on building flash games. gotoAndPlay is a free web resource for both web gamers and web game developers. The website is focused on webgame developement with Macromedia Flash and on independent game development.
  (tags: gatoandplay goandplay flash games gamedevelopment howto tutorials videogames)
• Agile Game Development
  a collection of information about applying Agile Methodology to the development of video games (mostly focused on Scrum). Agile Methodology focuses on an iterative and incremental approach to the creation of games.
  (tags: development extreme game gamedevelopment agile scrum programming xp)
• Grumpy Gamer – why adventure games suck
  ron gilbert (creator of monkey island 1 and 2) re-releases an article written back in ‘89 about the demise of adventure games. Guess what? nothing much has changed since then. Essential reading for would-be game designers
  (tags: adventure design game games gaming writing adventuregames gamedevelopment monkeyisland monkey gilbert ron)
• Podcasts for running
  now that I’ve (finally) finished my teaching degree I’ve reclaimed my evenings and it’s time to get back in shape. The ankle I broke last year (twice) might be a problem, but I figure this easy intro to running (nine podcast programs, one a week) might be
  (tags: exercise music podcast training fitness running 5k couch todo)