Back to the Future style Hover Boards will be the next addition to Cartoon Network’s Fusion Fall.
Jeff Riggall posted the following :
Back to the Future style Hover Boards will be the next addition to Cartoon Network’s Fusion Fall.
Jeff Riggall posted the following :
Video gaming is a fun and enriching activity, but it remains out of reach for many. Games cost upwards of $50 and consoles cost hundreds, so it’s no surprise that large groups of young people who are interested in playing never get the chance.
Pixel Exchange is a not-for-profit organization that is working with youth centers that serve children from households that can’t afford video games. We’ve talked with the administrators, who in turn have talked with the children, to determine the games and consoles that these kids want. But how do we get the games to them?
That’s where you come in.
By making a donation as little as $1.00, you can help bring games to these young people. One dollar might not sound like much, but it really starts to add-up as more people make contributions.
There are actually three different ways that you could help:
| 1. | Make a financial donation.We’ve just talked about this one. Go to the Institutions (hyperlink this) section and check out the list of participating centers. Click on one and a list of the games and consoles that it’s asking for will appear. From there, select the game and the amount of money you’d like to give. Remember, it can be as little as $1.00, but we won’t stop you from buying the whole thing. |
| 2. | Donate a used game or console that a young person specifically requests.Instead of selling that game that you haven’t touched in 6 months for a fraction of what you paid for it, let it make a real difference for someone. Head over to the Institutions section and click on an organization. Select “Donate Item” after you click on the game or console. |
| 3. | Donate a used game or console that is not specifically requested.Even if the item that you’d like to give isn’t expressly asked for, go to the Pixel Exchange and fill out a short form to let us know what you’ve got. We’ll review it to ensure that it’s appropriate for our audience and then post it in that section. Participating institutions will then be able to select the items that they want. If you want your donation to go to a specific institution or young person, just say so in the form. |
Also, since this is an organization about video games, we thought that we would make a game out of giving. Every contribution you make will help you gain levels. Each level corresponds to an image of a game archetype, including warriors, clerics, mages, and more, that you will be able to post on your facebook profile by using our facebook app (app coming soon!). Show your friends that you’re making a difference!
The Jennifer Ann Crecente Memorial Group has announced the winners of the 2009 Life.Love. Game Design Contest, a competition to raise awareness of teen dating violence through interactive media.
The contest’s top prize of $1,500 went to Jared Sain for his Flash-based interactive story about a teen’s escape from her possessive boyfriend.
Brian Crick and TORONJA Concepts won runner-up prizes of $100 each for their entries in the competition. An additional door prize of $100 went to Bence Joful.
Judges for the content included Kotaku’s Brian Crecente, Jennifer Ann’s Group founder Drew Crecente, Gamasutra and the IGF’s Simon Carless, GameDaily’s Libe Goad, Persuasive Games’ Ian Bogost, and Savannah College of Art and Design’s Brenda Brathwaite.
This year’s contest saw 40% more entries than last year’s competition, and featured its first international winner.
All winning entries in the 2009 Life.Love. Game Design Contest are playable for free at The Jennifer Ann Crecente Memorial Group’s website.
\source via Gamasutra
Join the Yellow Chicken iPhone obsession !
Here are a few new screen short from the upcoming iPhone game, Toki Tori, an epic rescue as this cute titular egg-shaped chicken quests to find his still shell-bound siblings.
Toki Tori is a platformer style puzzle game. The scale of each level is beautifully tuned in order to… (more…)
Zelda Classic Becomes 300th Virtual Console Game
Every Monday for two and a half years, Nintendo has introduced new downloadable games and applications for the Wii™ console. Today marks a milestone for the Virtual Console™ section of the Wii Shop Channel, home of some of the greatest titles in video game history. The classic The Legend of Zelda™: Majora’s Mask™ becomes the 300th Virtual Console title available for download. It’s one of the highest-rated Nintendo 64™ games of all time, and its three-day time cycle and deeper, darker storyline offer players a different experience than a traditional Zelda game. People who played it years ago can relive their gaming roots, while those who never picked it up can discover its fun and charm for the first time.
Not to be overlooked, the second Art Style puzzle game for Nintendo DSiWare™ makes its debut, along with the WiiWare™ games CRYSTAL DEFENDERS R2 from SQUARE ENIX and Silver Star Chess from Agetec, Inc.
Virtual Console
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (Nintendo 64, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone – Cartoon Violence, 1,000 Wii Points™): Link™ must save the world! This time, he finds himself trapped in Termina, an alternate version of Hyrule that is doomed to destruction in just three short days. Link must race to recover the Ocarina of Time (which allows him to manipulate time in multiple ways), defeat challenging bosses in dungeons spread across Termina and discover the key to the mystery of Majora’s Mask. Along the way, he’ll obtain new weapons and items and help other characters (some strangely familiar) in their everyday lives. In addition, Link must use a wide assortment of masks scattered throughout Termina, each with its own specific use or power. Never before have three days offered so much in the way of action, mind-boggling puzzles and depth. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask is an adventure unlike any other!
Nintendo DSiWare
Art Style™: PiCTOBiTS™ (Nintendo, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone, 500 Nintendo DSi Points™): Your goal in Art Style: PiCTOBiTS is simple: clear large blocks that fall from above (“megabits”) by combining them with “bits” (square blocks) of the same color. Add in the ability to pick up bits and place them… (more…)
