September 2, 2010

Complete History Of The Soviet Union, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris:

The Guild, the unbelievably good web comedy series about a group of MMORPG gamers, is several episodes into its 4th season. I just received and devoured the Season 3 DVD and it was one of the most entertaining things I've seen in a long time. Like any good web series, there are many ways to watch it, but I recommend buying the DVDs for the bonuses. Until you get to season 4, of course, at which point there won't be enough to sate you.

If you haven't seen it lately, it's time to catch up. If you haven't seen it yet, be sure to start from the beginning.

Oh, and also:

<a href="http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-us&fg=Xbox_Channel_GUILD_S4_FINAL&vid=8cb424dc-cbdb-40be-90c5-8fb450462d2f" target="_new" title="Season 4 - Music Video - "Game On"">Video: Season 4 - Music Video - "Game On"</a>

(Seriously, what else would success look like for a web series?)

August 25, 2010

BBC Micros used in retro programming class. Using personal computers from the '80s to teach students how computers work.

You Are Not Seth Godin.

Only one of many important points in this article:

Aside from being very smart about marketing, the author needs to have the staff in place to execute, execute, execute, daily, daily, daily. Many authors will underestimate how expensive and time consuming this is.

August 24, 2010

How Authors Really Make Money: The Rebirth of Seth Godin and Death of Traditional Publishing.

First off, writing books is a terrible revenue model for authors. ...

Making Metagun, time lapse video of an indie game developer making a pixel-y platformer: