Those American Idol toys McD’s gave away for a while have caught the eye of Devo. Check out pic on Pitchfork to see why bassist Gerald Castle is suing for trademark infringement. Read more
Neat and very detailed development blog of VIKTORY, a board game partly inspired by one of my favorites: Axis and Allies. Fascinating to see the iterative process of designing and building a game system. Read more
When Mario Kart Wii came out we were going on vacation and couldn’t afford to grab a copy. Bad move! Just like the Wii itself, the game has been tough to find after the initial release. I’m not sure why– it’s just a disc and a wheel. Before the Wii we had trouble buying the Mario DDR game, and we heard it was because of quality control issues. I applaud Nintendo’s efforts, but the Kart shortages Read more