How would you like to take an interactive virtual tour, flying high over, say, the Pyramids at Giza, zooming in and out, panning across 360 degrees in every direction, and even changing vantage points within the seemingly vast environment. Or, instead, you could be gazing over the →
The Art of Video Games: an Exhibition
A current exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum celebrates games as the art form of the twenty first century. It runs through Sep 30 2012 in Washington DC, and will tour a number of US cities afterwards. No wonder the US supreme court recently decided to consider →
Express yourself in newsprint with “Newspaper Clipping Generator”
Ever wanted to create fake newspaper clippings that delivered a certain message or showcased certain points of view? I didn’t think so either; however, if you are looking for a fun, humorous way to say something, try “Newspaper Clipping Generator”, a free web app that lets →
Draw a picture and find similar images via reverse Google image search with “unoffical Google Image Search by Drawing”
If you’ve every had a picture in mind and wished that you could find a similar image on the web, then check out the aptly titled “unoffical Google Image Search by Drawing”. This free tool lets you simply draw a very rough picture of the visual →
Make your own awesome 2D games with Construct 2
Construct 2 is a great freeware program that lets you create and distribute your very own casual games, based on a programming language called HTML5. Construct 2 makes it easy, however, so you don’t really need to know much of anything about programming or coding. Once you →
How to convert any video file to an animated GIF
Have you ever wanted to convert a clip from a video file into a GIF image?, say for use as an animated Avatar image or for publishing on a website, etc. This post will present a relatively quick and easy method to convert any video file →
Create animated Avatar GIFs from webcam images with PsykoGif
If your computer has a webcam and you would like to make creepy 6-frame animated GIF images quickly and easily, then read on. PsykoGif is a small, free web app that will take successive snaps via your webcam and combine them together within an animated GIF →
Create 3D games without coding with Kodu Game Labs
Kodu Game Labs from Microsoft is a powerful, free game creation engine for children and adults alike. Originally designed for the easy creation of 3D games on the Xbox using only a game controller, games can be constructed by combining visual elements together to construct the →
WinMorph creates morphing animations with ease
If you’ve seen one of those animations where one image turns into another (a young boy into an old man, Brad Pitt’s face transforming to Angelina’s, shown above) and would like to try your hand at creating a few of your own, this software is for →
Paint like a professional with Psykopaint
Psykopaint is a web service that lets you paint like a pro without all the training, is loaded with tons of options, and lets you send your finished work as a photo-ecard to any email address for free. Alternatively, you can use your favorite screenshot method →
Rhine II, record setting image sold at $4.3 Mil, makes an OK desktop wallpaper
You may have heard of this photograph taken in 1999 by Andreas Gursky, which sold at Christie’s in New York at auction for a record setting $4.3 Million on Nov 8 2011. The buyer was not disclosed, and there is lots of speculation in the media as to why →
Two art games by Jason Nelson: Scrape Scraperteeth and Six Sided Strange
Some think computer games are an art form; while others use them as a medium; that, at least, is what Jason Nelson does with his “net-artworks/art-games” such as Six Sided Strange (a hyper-interactive twist on the well known Rubkick’s cube) and Scrape Scraperteeth (an art/poetry-game commissioned by the San Francisco →
