Family Trainer from Atari

Atari takes on Wii Fit with floor mat-based Family Trainer game - Engadget

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Learn 35 Languages for Free in iTunes

Learn 35 Languages for Free in iTunes

The extensive library of courses span over 35 languages, from Arabic to Yiddish. Each course comes as a convenient podcast which you can subscribe and put on your iPod or iPhone.

To get the entire list of language learning podcasts, hit the browse button on the lower-right corner of your iTunes window—it’s the icon that looks like an eye. Then browse to the Podcasts/Education/Language Courses directory.

"How to Prototype a Game in Under 7 Days" Printer Friendly

Gamasutra - Feature

Not really a technology but I thought a good article on rapid prototyping. Here is the cutout list to give you an idea of what is inside

Handy Cut-Out List!

Setup: Rapid is a State of Mind

• Embrace the Possibility of Failure - it Encourages Creative Risk Taking
• Enforce Short Development Cycles (More Time != More Quality)
• Constrain Creativity to Make You Want it Even More
• Gather a Kickass Team and an Objective Advisor – Mindset is as Important as Talent
• Develop in Parallel for Maximum Splatter

Design: Creativity and the Myth of Brainstorming

• Formal Brainstorming Has a 0% Success Rate
• Gather Concept Art and Music to Create an Emotional Target
• Simulate in Your Head – Pre-Prototype the Prototype

Development: Nobody Knows How You Made it, and Nobody Cares

• Build the Toy First
• If You Can Get Away With it, Fake it
• Cut Your Losses and "Learn When to Shoot Your Baby in the Crib"
• Heavy Theming Will Not Salvage Bad Design (or "You Can't Polish a Turd")
• But Overall Aesthetic Matters! Apply a Healthy Spread of Art, Sound, and Music
• Nobody Cares About Your Great Engineering

General Gameplay: Sensual Lessons in Juicy Fun

• Complexity is Not Necessary for Fun
• Create a Sense of Ownership to Keep 'em Crawling Back for More
• "Experimental" Does Not Mean "Complex"
• Build Toward a Well Defined Goal
• Make it Juicy!

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Cool Tool: Mac Laptop Power Cord Tip

Cool Tools
You can use the power cord from a Sony Playstation, easily available for 6 bucks, instead of the cord Mac gave you. That is a pretty cool tool. Scroll down and also click the link on: Tips for Conference Bloggers too.

Qmotions bringing skate controllers to the 360 - Engadget

Qmotions bringing skate controllers to the 360 - Engadget

Adobe - Open Screen Project

Adobe - Open Screen Project

Looks like Adobe has opened the FLV and SWF format...

Today, they lifted the licensing restriction on both the SWF and FLV/F4V specifications. It also looks like they are releasing the protocols so that it can be embedded on any device.

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