Boing Boing Offworld launches!
Boing Boing — ... Johnson. Ever since, Joel and his trusty lieutenants Rob Beschizza and John Brownlee have been conspiring to launch a new Boing Boing site centered around games. It was hard for any of us to vocalize what a BB games blog might look like -- we just knew it was in our DNA. So instead of forcing the hand of chance, Joel let the idea evolve at its own pace, to let it figure out what it wanted to be. And indeed it did. A year later, it's time to blast off to kicksville with the launch of Boing Boing Offworld! ...

Offworld: BoingBoing’s new gaming site shows promise, potential, a certain moxie
CrunchGear — ... , former Gamasutra editor. The content so far is the typical mix of intelligence, wit, and piss/vinegar expected of any member of the BB family and I’m glad to invite them into my RSS reader in the cherished space next to OffalToday.com and OggVorbisforAudiophilesNews.org ...

Boing Boing tv: We're a Year Old, and Yes We Can (Announce a New Programming Plan)
Boing Boing — ... , the games blog we launched yesterday. Check out offworld.com for a hint of how this will feel: gaming seen through a wide lens that encompasses the art, culture, and human experience of gaming, not just a buying guide. ...

Boing Boing tv Update: OFFWORLD, YES MEN, and THIS IS THE FIRST.
Boing Boing — In this week's Boing Boing TV update, we discuss what's ahead with the launch of BOING BOING: OFFWORLD, and we speak with the YES MEN about their EPIC STUNT last week in which they printed and distributed lots and lots of copies of a New York Times fantasy-edition, with the headline IRAQ WAR ENDS. Mark blogged about this last week, with video. We speak to three of the guys who made this event possible over a multi-channel iChat session that gets kind of melty sometimes. They are: Steve Lambert from the ...

Spare parts for Spore
Boing Boing — I haven't played Spore yet, but I find this image of appendages in the Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack to be just the kind of Wunderkammer-esque collection that I appreciate. Brandon Boyer has more over at our new Boing Boing Offworld games blog! "EA tosses new parts into Spore patch"

Afternoon Linkage for November 18th, 2008
GEARFUSE — Afternoon Linkage for November 18th, 2008 By Vince Veneziani November 18, 2008 Comments (0) Filed under: Features We have a new contest up next week, so stay tuned for more details. Promise. Pinky swear! Table Tap BoingBoing launched a new gaming site Apple Apples Find out what Uniqlo is doing in Times Square Some student hid a Game Boy inside a graphing calculator The 2010 Ford Mustang looks pretty damn sweet Only serious graffiti artists need apply Who wants a triple-flip phone? You thought the Jawbone was hot? Dior is releasing a ...

Today on Offworld
Boing Boing — Following our successful lift off, today on Offworld we saw the community start to extend the life of 2D Boy's brilliant indie puzzler World of Goo, and saw ...

Today on Offworld
Boing Boing — Following our successful lift off, today on Offworld we saw the community start to extend the life of 2D Boy's brilliant indie puzzler World of Goo, and saw ...

BBtv: Offworld Premiere. What's Offworld?
Boing Boing — ... , if you prefer to download the video. Like this episode? Tell Brandon and the Offworld gang what you think over at offworld.com: ...

(BBtv) Unicorn Chaser, Friday Review: Offworld.com Death Dwarf Dance
Boing Boing — ALL HAIL FRIDAY! Here we post lulz for the benefit of the nation. Earlier this week, we announced new programming plans, including a weekly UNICORN CHASER video feature at the end of each week. Here is the first: we reprise the Boing Boing OFFWORLD debut episode with an one-minute dance remix of editor Brandon "death dwarf" Boyer's musical moment in Azeroth. ...

Shepard Fairey poster at Women In Games Intl. auction
Boing Boing — Tomorrow is the Women In Games International's celebrity auction where you can big on such items as Shepard Fairey's Civilization Revolution posters signed by strategy game pioneer Sid Meier. Brandon has the details over at Boing Boing Offworld. "WIGI shows off celebrity auction wares"

BBtv + Offworld: Status Report Edition, Brandon's Still a Death Gnome (video)
Boing Boing — ... Let Brandon know what you think of this week's video report from the slums of Azeroth over here in the Offworld comments thread. ...

Gamer's guide to the Wilhelm Scream
Boing Boing — We've posted before about the "Wilhelm scream," the singular screech heard in hundreds of movies and TV shows since it was recorded in 1951. Over at Boing Boing Offworld, Brandon notes the scream's transition into the video game world. "The gamer's guide to the Wilhelm Scream"

BBtv: Bill Barminski video for "Surfer's Point," by SubAtomic Nixons
Boing Boing — We interrupt our regularly scheduled weekly programming (Brandon from Offworld is taking the week off from Boing Boing tv duties) to bring you a short, sweet, retro-tastic little video from Bill Barminski, one of our favorite filmmakers and multimedia artists. This piece is a music video for his music side project, the SubAtomic Nixons. Direct MP4 download here (Duration:00:01:32). You can view previous BBtv episodes featuring his work right here.

BBtv: Offworld Update with Brandon, Awesome Edition
Boing Boing — ... In it I recap what we've been doing on the site (most notably, the debut of Monster Mii), recommend ...

Boing Boing tv Week in Review
Boing Boing — ... ♦ WEDNESDAY: Brandon Boyer, editor of Boing Boing Offworld, updated us on iPhone games and arty Wii avatars. WATCH IT. Here's a Direct MP4 Link. ♦ Also on Wednesday, we began a three-day commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights in partnership with WITNESS. First episode: this video about the treatment of mentally disabled youth at a hospital in Paraguay, and proof of ...

(BBtv) Blip Festival 2008: Joel interviews Jellica, Mr. Spastic, and Nullsleep
Boing Boing — ... Join the conversation about this episode over on Offworld. Previously: Blipfest 2008: Joel interviews chiptunes artist Bubblyfish. (Special props to Beschizza for doubling as director of photography ...

(BBtv) Blip Festival 2008: Joel interviews Jellica, Mr. Spastic, and Nullsleep
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... Join the conversation about this episode over on Offworld. Previously: Blipfest 2008: Joel interviews chiptunes artist Bubblyfish. (Special props to Beschizza for doubling as director of photography ...

Global Game Jam (48 hour videogame dev marathon) this weekend!
Boing Boing — This weekend, game-lovers will gather in cities around the world to participate in Global Game Jam, in which participants have exactly two days to build a game. Here's a snip from the press release: From 5:00pm Friday January 30th through 5:00 pm Sunday, February 1, over a thousand college students, faculty and industry members will join together for a 48 hour game building marathon popularly known as a Game Jam. Participants will be given the details of the game design theme, constraints and mechanics allowed when the clock hits 5:00 p.m. in their local time zone. As the time zones ...

Global Game Jam (48 hour videogame dev marathon) this weekend!
Boing Boing Gadgets — This weekend, game-lovers will gather in cities around the world to participate in Global Game Jam, in which participants have exactly two days to build a game. Here's a snip from the press release: From 5:00pm Friday January 30th through 5:00 pm Sunday, February 1, over a thousand college students, faculty and industry members will join together for a 48 hour game building marathon popularly known as a Game Jam. Participants will be given the details of the game design theme, constraints and mechanics allowed when the clock hits 5:00 p.m. in their local time zone. As the ...

Space Invaders watch
Boing Boing Gadgets — The increasing speed and menace of an invading alien fleet. Evasive maneuvers behind scant shreds of pixel-shield. That primal and pagan bassline march -- now on your wrist! Ah, but no: it's just an unplayable animation that begins when you push a button. Adds Brandon: "They need to make one that actually PLAYS space invaders." Product Page (Japanese) [Ebten via Gamovr]

Global Game Jam has begun! (live video stream)
Boing Boing — Global Game Jam is under way. Live stream above more about the event here and in this previous Boing Boing blog post. Boing Boing Video, Boing Boing Gadgets, and Offworld will be popping up in various cities, give us a shout in the comments if you'd like to give us a shout-out from your location, and send us a video! We'll reach out with upload info. (Thanks, Ustream, Jolon Bankey, and Global Game Jam Costa Rica crew!) ...

Global Game Jam has begun! (live video stream)
Boing Boing Gadgets — Global Game Jam is under way. Live stream above, more about the event here and in this previous Boing Boing blog post. Boing Boing Video, Boing Boing Gadgets, and Offworld will be popping up in various cities, give us a shout in the comments if you'd like to give us a shout-out from your location, and send us a video! We'll reach out with upload info. (Thanks, Ustream, Jolon Bankey, and Global Game Jam Costa Rica ...

Global Game Jam continues! Here's live video (without kittens)
Boing Boing — Boing Boing Video, Offworld, and Boing Boing Gadgets have been on the scene at the Global Game Jam in various cities around the world, and we'll be bringing you some fun post-Jam documentary LOLs next week. For now, check out this meta Flickr photoset, which contains lots of sleepy developers, half-consumed energy drinks, and funny things people think up when they're hyperconnected and under-slept -- international dance-offs, for example. Above, Boing Boing Video colleague Jolon ...

Global Game Jam continues! Live video (without kittens)
Boing Boing Gadgets — Boing Boing Video, Offworld, and Boing Boing Gadgets have been on the scene at the Global Game Jam in various cities around the world, and we'll be bringing you some fun post-Jam documentary LOLs next week. For now, check out this meta Flickr photoset, which contains lots of sleepy developers, half-consumed energy drinks, and funny things people think up when they're hyperconnected and under-slept -- international dance-offs, for example. Above, Boing Boing ...

Engrish.com t-shirts re-imagined as Mary Blair-style children's book illos
Boing Boing — Brandon Boyer (from Boing Boing's own OFFWORLD) says, "Mz. Kat's been taking engrish.com t-shirts and reimagining them as vaguely Mary Blair-ish children's book illustrations." Brandon's favorite is above, here's the source. Here is the entire set.

Obama's Elf (18 second video pun fun)
Boing Boing — Amid at Cartoon Brew says: "London-based animator Michael Schlingmann (previously on Cartoon Brew) created this funny 20-second animated pun. The animation is perfect." (Thanks, Brandon!)

Sucklord's Star Wars Trading Card Artist Series
Boing Boing — My colleague Brandon from Offworld points us to news that Sucklord (previously covered on BB here) who basically built his reputation doing bootlegged custom molds of official Star Wars figs, has been hired by Topps to curate artist series sketches of SW lore for their latest SW trading card series. Sucklord describes them as "special one-of-a-kind DIY Die Cut sketch cards done by a rag- tag group of art bums and misfits recruited by the Super Sucklord." See the list of artists, and dig the full set here.

Boing Boing Video (and Gadgets, and Offworld) at GDC09!
Boing Boing Gadgets — Fellow mutants: A number of the residents of greater Boingdom (Boing Boing, Offworld, Boing Boing Gadgets, and Boing Boing Video) are heading to San Francisco from 23-27 March for the annual Game Developers Conference (GDC), and we're planning to do a comprehensive package of live and produced video reports for your enjoyment. Boing Boing Video Live! @GDC09 will be a daily broadcast from our secret headquarters near the GDC, and want to invite you to join the Boing Boing luminaries, video game industry legends, veterans, grunts, Super Mario cosplayers, ...

Boing Boing Video (and Offworld!) coming to Game Developers Conference 2009
Boing Boing — Fellow mutants: A number of the residents of greater Boingdom (Boing Boing, Offworld, Boing Boing Gadgets, and Boing Boing Video) are heading to San Francisco from 23-27 March for the annual Game Developers Conference (GDC), and we're planning to do a comprehensive package of live and produced video reports for your enjoyment. Boing Boing Video Live! @GDC09 will be a daily broadcast from our secret headquarters near the GDC, and want to invite you to join the Boing Boing luminaries, video game industry legends, veterans, grunts, Super Mario cosplayers, and ...

Boing Boing Video and Offworld at the 2009 Game Developers Conference!
Boing Boing — The entire Boing Boing Video crew is in San Francisco this week, along with a number of the bloggers from Offworld, BB Gadgets, and Boing Boing, to cover the 2009 Game Developers Conference. And this time, for the first time ever, we're doing it with live video broadcasts. Tune in for conversations in our BBV@GDC studio with special guests from the gaming biz, Tuesday through Friday. Above, a little segment we shot en route to GDC, aboard a Virgin America flight (because if you're flying to ...

Boing Boing Video and Offworld at the 2009 Game Developers Conference!
Boing Boing Gadgets — The entire Boing Boing Video crew is in San Francisco this week, along with a number of the bloggers from Offworld, BB Gadgets, and Boing Boing, to cover the 2009 Game Developers Conference. And this time, for the first time ever, we're doing it with live video broadcasts on our new Ustream channel. Tune in for conversations in our BBV@GDC studio with special guests from the gaming biz, Tuesday through Friday. Above, a little segment we shot en route to GDC, aboard a ...

Boing Boing Video and Offworld are Broadcasting Live from GDC09 - Tune In Now!
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Boing Boing Video live at GDC, Boingers and Special Guests in the Live Video Stream All Day!
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Boing Boing Video live at GDC, Boingers and Special Guests in the Live Video Stream All Day!
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Boing Boing Video Live at GDC: Playfish, Chalice Games, Mockingbird Games, Joystiq, Alice Taylor, Telltale Games
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Boing Boing Video Live @GDC: Noby Noby and Keita Takahashi, Jane McGonigal, Games + Music, and more!
Boing Boing — Today is the final day of Boing Boing Video's live coverage of the 2009 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, with  Killscreen TV + Offworld. We're streaming live video around the clock on our new Ustream channel. Tune in for conversations in our BBV@GDC studio with hosts including Matty Kirsch from Killscreen TV and ...

Boing Boing Video + Offworld Live @GDC: Keita Takahashi on Noby Noby, Konami's Hideo Kojima, Jane McGonigal, Games + Music, and more!
Boing Boing — Today is the final day of Boing Boing Video's live coverage of the 2009 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, with  Killscreen TV + Offworld. We're streaming live video around the clock on our new Ustream channel. Tune in for conversations in our BBV@GDC studio with hosts including Matty Kirsch from Killscreen TV and ...

Boing Boing Video: Jane McGonigal on Emotion, Gaming, and Dance.
Boing Boing — ... feel dancing in front of a streaming video camera -- involves a brief blip of happiness. Jane explains why, in this 10-minute clip that melds neuroscience, sociology, and funky Katamari choreography. Don't miss the very end. Jane and Xeni test out the theories in a not-so-top-secret Bollywood dance-off. Previously: * Jane McGonigal's Game Developers' Conference talk on Making Your Own Reality * BBV @ GDC live stream archives, at Ustream.tv * Boing Boing Video and Offworld.com Live at GDC09: offworld.com archive * ...

Boing Boing Video: Jane McGonigal - Games Can Change the World.
Boing Boing — ... for the Future. In this episode, Jane talks with us about the responsibilities of designers who create virtual worlds, and how the emotional and human exchange within gaming worlds has the potential to change life in the "real world." Previously: * Jane McGonigal on Emotion, Gaming, and Dance. * Jane McGonigal's Game Developers' Conference talk on Making Your Own Reality * BBV @ GDC live stream archives, at Ustream.tv * Boing Boing Video and Offworld.com Live at GDC09: offworld.com archive * Boing ...

Boing Boing Video: Hideo Kojima on Metal Gear Solid Touch (games)
Boing Boing — ... we shot during the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco: a conversation with Konami CEO Hideo Kojima at the San Francisco Apple Store, about his latest creation -- Metal Gear Solid Touch for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Previously: * Jane McGonigal on Emotion, Gaming, and Dance. * Jane McGonigal's Game Developers' Conference talk on Making Your Own Reality * BBV @ GDC live stream archives, at Ustream.tv * Boing Boing Video and Offworld.com Live at GDC09: offworld.com archive * ...

BB Video: Doctor Popular's Awesome Yo-Yo Stylings
Boing Boing — ... yo-yo-ing is nothing but hypnotic. Scott Beale at Laughing Squid has a bunch of posts on the eclectic range of Doc Pop's work. Previously: * Hideo Kojima on Metal Gear Solid Touch (games) * Jane McGonigal on Emotion, Gaming, and Dance. * Jane McGonigal - Games Can Change the World. * Jane McGonigal's Game Developers' Conference talk on Making Your Own Reality * BBV @ GDC live stream archives, at Ustream.tv * Boing Boing Video and Offworld.com Live at GDC09: offworld.com archive * ...

BB Video: Social Games, and The Quest for Virtual Poo.
Boing Boing — ... live streaming coverage of the Game Developer Conference. Previously: * Doctor Popular's Awesome Yo-Yo Stylings * Hideo Kojima on Metal Gear Solid Touch (games) * Jane McGonigal on Emotion, Gaming, and Dance. * Jane McGonigal - Games Can Change the World. * Jane McGonigal's Game Developers' Conference talk on Making Your Own Reality * BBV @ GDC live stream archives, at Ustream.tv * Boing Boing Video and Offworld.com Live at GDC09: offworld.com archive * ...

BB Video: Music in Video Games, a conversation with Peter Kirn and Matt Ganucheau
Boing Boing — ... software used. Previously: * Social Games, and The Quest for Virtual Poo. * Doctor Popular's Awesome Yo-Yo Stylings * Hideo Kojima on Metal Gear Solid Touch (games) * Jane McGonigal on Emotion, Gaming, and Dance. * Jane McGonigal - Games Can Change the World. * Jane McGonigal's Game Developers' Conference talk on Making Your Own Reality * BBV @ GDC live stream archives, at Ustream.tv * Boing Boing Video and Offworld.com Live at GDC09: offworld.com archive * ...

BB Video: Music in Video Games, pt. 2, with Peter Kirn and Matt Ganucheau
Boing Boing — ... with Peter Kirn and Matt Ganucheau * Social Games, and The Quest for Virtual Poo. * Doctor Popular's Awesome Yo-Yo Stylings * Hideo Kojima on Metal Gear Solid Touch (games) * Jane McGonigal on Emotion, Gaming, and Dance. * Jane McGonigal - Games Can Change the World. * Jane McGonigal's Game Developers' Conference talk on Making Your Own Reality * BBV @ GDC live stream archives, at Ustream.tv * Boing Boing Video and Offworld.com Live at GDC09: offworld.com archive * ...

BB Video: GDC Out-take - Radiohead Fan-Dance-Off with Giant Katamari Damacy Heads.
Boing Boing — ... with Peter Kirn and Matt Ganucheau * Social Games, and The Quest for Virtual Poo. * Doctor Popular's Awesome Yo-Yo Stylings * Hideo Kojima on Metal Gear Solid Touch (games) * Jane McGonigal on Emotion, Gaming, and Dance. * Jane McGonigal - Games Can Change the World. * Jane McGonigal's Game Developers' Conference talk on Making Your Own Reality * BBV @ GDC live stream archives, at Ustream.tv * Boing Boing Video and Offworld.com Live at GDC09: offworld.com archive * ...

Farewell, Joel Johnson
Boing Boing — Joel Johnson, who led the launch of Boing Boing Gadgets and Offworld, is moving on to work on other projects. We're grateful for all of Joel's hard work and passion and we're eager to see what he does next. He is truly a unique signal worth paying attention to in a very noisy space. Thanks for everything, Joel. We'll miss you. - The Boingers

Yahoo launches new home page, now with more Boing Boing!
Boing Boing — We are delighted to see that the new Yahoo front door design (previously code-named Metro) has gone live today, with Boing Boing as one of the featured content partners. You can add Boing Boing, Boing Boing Gadgets, BB Video, and Offworld feeds to your My Yahoo home page with a couple of easy clicks. Woohoo, Yahoo! (Special thanks to the Yahoo team who added Boing Boing to the revamped mix.)

Yahoo launches new home page, now with more Boing Boing!
Boing Boing Gadgets — We are delighted to see that the new Yahoo front door design (previously code-named Metro) has gone live today, with Boing Boing as one of the featured content partners. You can add Boing Boing, Boing Boing Gadgets, BB Video, and Offworld feeds to your My Yahoo home page with a couple of easy clicks. Woohoo, Yahoo! (Special thanks to the Yahoo team who added Boing Boing to the revamped mix.)

Boing Boing in TIME's "Best Websites of 2009"
Boing Boing — Oh, this is a nice thing to start the week with. TIME very kindly named Boing Boing (and by extension, Boing Boing Gadgets, Offworld, and Boing Boing Video) #8 in their "50 Best Websites of 2009" list. There's also an accompanying video (for which embedding is disabled, oddly), in which you are advised to "visit Boing Boing every single day." We concur! Thank you, TIME editors. * Boing Boing: 50 Best Websites 2009 * View the complete list * TIME video: 50 Best Websites: 5 You May Not ...

Boing Boing: The World's Greatest Neurozine!
Boing Boing — One night more than twenty years ago, Mark Frauenfelder and Carla Sinclair fired up the photocopy machine at Mark's work and cranked out the first issue of bOING bOING, the print 'zine.* (Our new/old hand-drawn logotype at the top of this page is from that era!) Since those heady, dot matrix days of staples, stamps, and cyberpunks, quite a lot has changed. But some things haven't. Click to 2009. We're just a few months from our ten year anniversary as a blog, and are proud to have nearly 70,000 posts in the archives. We're honored that millions of people resonate with Boing Boing's take on technology, ...