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Hit-list of my favorite Flash games

    I play a looooott of Flash games, and thought I’d show off a few of my recent favorites. Boombot KABOOM! Blow up bombs to get the guy to the door. Simple enough, right? Riveting, slightly random and sometimes downright frustrating puzzles are addicting with the perfect progression of difficulty. I will warn you that the moment I started to play this game, it quickly sucked up an epic proportion of my free time to beat it. For some reason although dissimilar in type, the appeal is reminiscent to the game Totem Destroyers which grabbed me in the same way. Congrats… Read More »Hit-list of my favorite Flash games

    Hanging out at Flashforward

      This past week I was able to spend some time at the Flashforward conference, held here in San Francisco at the Nob Hill Masonic Center. Flashforward is a conference and showcase for the Flash design and development community. By my rough count, it brought together together a crowd of about 600–800 artists. Some thoughts on Flashforward: There was an inspiring keynote on the first day by Miha Pogacnik, a concert violinist whose talk focused on drawing the analogy of Bach’s Fugue in G Minor to life. He threw out a few interesting thoughts: normality is the worst thing for you,… Read More »Hanging out at Flashforward

      First Timer on Habbo Hotel

        Last night I checked out Habbo Hotel, a virtual world predominantly catering to the 13–16 year old set, and thought I’d share a troubling first user experience. My first move after setting up my character, downloading Shockwave and entering the world was going to the New Players Lobby. I entered the lobby, only to find the two-space entryway had been blocked off by two dancing avatars. (click the image to enlarge) Incidentally, I had a private chat with the guy in the afro, and apparently he’s one of a group called /b/ which specializes in terrorizing the virtual worlds. He… Read More »First Timer on Habbo Hotel