Meet Healthfundr: Equity-Based Crowdfunding For Health Startups

When Marshall McLuhan said that the medium is the message in the 1960s, it’s amazing to think about how much that idea still applies in present culture. What he meant is that new forms of media (technology) transform our experience and is ultimately more important than the content that is shared. In other words, technology [...]... Read More

Archive for the ‘Gaming’ Category

RECENT:

First Annual Gamemaking Frenzy Opens At This Year’s Fantastic Arcade
BY: Corey Cummings
The first ever game making marathon is scheduled to run between September 14 and 16th, and will task teams of developers with creating a project based around the popular Cartoon Network show Adventure Time.
read more
Jellyvision CEO Amanda Lannert Discusses Working Hard, Playing Often
BY: Corey Cummings
The Techli team recently had a chance to take a tour of the company’s newly-renovated offices and sit down with a few team members, including CEO Amanada Lannert, to discuss the success of the new YDKJ Facebook game, Applebee’s Lunch Decoys, and why resumes are bullshit.
read more
ChiDevDate Pairs Up Chicago Game Developers For Helpful Feedback
BY: Corey Cummings
ChiDevDate is a new, ultralight matchmaking service that’s aiming to build a sense of community among Chicago game developers of all ranks and help them find the kind of feedback they need to get their projects out the door.
read more
Epic Flash Game Contest Puts $150k On The Table For Developers
BY: Corey Cummings
Flash gaming startups looking for a little extra cash from their next title should keep their sights on the first-ever Epic Flash Game Contest, which is giving out more than $150,000 in cash to the most promising multiplayer flash titles.
read more
RAWR! Interactive Unleashes Its First Mobile Game, Count To A Billion
BY: Corey Cummings
After speaking with RAWR! Interactive developer Pedro Wunderlich back in June, the company has unleashed its brutal iPhone screen-masher, Count to a Billion, upon the unsuspecting public.
read more
Kinesis Brings Gesture Control To App Developers
BY: Jon Christian
Indian startup Kinesis is working to build a native framework to bring gesture and depth-based modeling developers, on the Kinect and likely soon other platforms.
read more
St. Louis Game Jam: This 48 Hour Hackathon Isn’t Just For Developers
BY: Corey Cummings
The free two-day long game development rush returns to St. Louis this August, and the event’s creators want everyone to participate, even if they know nothing about making games.
read more
With More Than $5M In Support, OUYA Unveils Its “Secret Weapon”
BY: Corey Cummings
After smashing Kickstarter records by reaching its nearly $1 million goal in mere hours, the OUYA open-source Android gaming platform has lifted the curtain on its “secret weapon” this week.
read more
PerBlue Focuses On Location-Based Gaming, Releases New Game ‘Parallel Zombies’
BY: Corey Cummings
Madison, WI game studio PerBlue has been developing location-based mobile titles since its founders were still attending the University of Wisconsin in 2008. With its latest release, the company is bringing a zombie title exclusively to Android devices.
read more
The Tap Lab Experiment: Geo-Social Gaming, Without Check-Ins
BY: Jon Christian
A Boston-based startup wants to breathe new life into the shriveled husk of location-based gaming by discarding the ubiquitous “check-in” mechanic.
read more
Prepare For The Mars Rover Landing With NASA’s Free Kinect Game
BY: Corey Cummings
This week NASA and Microsoft teamed up to release a free-to-play Kinect title based around the “seven minutes of terror” of the latest mission to Mars.
read more
Is The Future Of Mobile Gaming All-You-Can-Play?
BY: Corey Cummings
GameTanium, Verizon’s new all-you-can-play gaming service is a first for smartphone platforms, but with most games selling for a dollar a piece is a subscription-based service a solid investment?
read more

Archive for the ‘Gaming’ Category

RECENT:

Guest Posts