Posts tagged with Games
Small Screens for Reading, Large Screens for Immersion
The annual Consumer Electronics Show is happening right now in Vegas, and I spent a few minutes today looking at all the latest hardware and gadgetry developments which are supposed to define consumer technology in 2016. There look to be…
The Pixel Block Mobile Arcade Game
Remember Crossy Road? It was a game that came at the right time, that executed well on a simple idea and had a great sense of style to back up solid, time-tested gameplay. Of course, it helped that the…
Review: Death by Video Game
Video games, as an expressive medium, has always inspired other forms of media. From music concerts to massive online forums to dedicated video streaming sites, there are many vibrant communities of gamers whose passion for games transcends the game itself.…
The Persistence of Printed Books
I guess not everybody shares in my enjoyment of the Kindle and the movement towards digital books. The New York Times reported that the sales of e-books has actually slipped in 2015 from the year prior, and that readers…
Cards in Computing Interfaces
We relegated skeuomorphism to yesterday’s design fashion. It’s a tool that was supposed to be largely unnecessary , now that users fully understand purely digital interfaces. The remaining use case for realistic analogies in computing is as cues to…
Musical Rhythm Games are Motivational
I’ve enjoyed a lot of music games over the years. Before we had Guitar Hero and Rock Band in the US, there was already an established genre of rhythm games, largely made and played in Asia. They centered around…
