Friday Links - 14 May

We're off today for the finals of the Go London competition, being held at City Hall by the NHS. Woohoo! To keep you occupied in our absence, we suggest you read through these links! Enjoy...

Shameless Self Promotion Department:
There's still lots of Go Game to play at Brighton Fringe [Battle of Brighton]

Flash Game of the Week:
Bloons Tower Defense 4 - Aaaah, please someone make me stop playing this game. I'm seeing monkeys throwing darts in my sleep. N.B. that last sentence will make sense if you play the game.



What We're Reading:
Ruh roh, Obama concerend about what gaming means for education [Edge]
Wired visits GameCamp '10 [Wired UK]
The ten maps that changed the world [Daily Mail]
Powerful people are better liars [Harvard Business Review]
Nerd alert! The ten largest databases in the world [Focus]
Fascinating US study about energy consumption and political party affiliation [New Scientist]
Creating a success culture [MSN]
The woman behind Sugru, the new crazy-strong adhesive [Wired UK]
How cul-de-sacs are killing your community [Infrastructurist]
Even more scholarship and WoW [ars technica]
Channel 4's latest educational in-browser game [Guardian]

What We're Watching:
Mini cannon! Aren't you the cutest/deadliest thing? [Youtube]
More volcano! Eyjafjallajökull timelapse [Buzzfeed]
Worst wedding DJ ever [Youtube]
Kittens on a slide. Why not? [Youtube]

Other Stuff:
Sleep inside of a shark! [Foolish Gadgets]
Mario and Peach, renaissance style [boingboing]
Anti-climbing paint at Oxford Castle [boingboing]
Mario art will never cease to entertain [galleries one nine eight eight]