Friday Links - 2 July

TraIn the USA it's a bank holiday weekend. We're sure they're getting started early on their day off so you might as well join them. Here are some time-wasters to help you on your way.

Flash Game of the Week: Red Remover - Use your physics skills and game play knowhow to get past our best...level 18.


What We're Reading:
 Travelers prefer to go south.
Starbucks is as good a way as any to get a sense of the economy [Wall Street Journal]
 $10,000 in a treasure chest in [NYC this week [Refinery 29]
This Wimbledon live blogger got a bit bored...then the zombies came out [Guardian]
Original PacMan sketches [Refinery28[
Carrots of every color [boing boing]
The note from our bosses that noe of us want to receive  [Mystery Blog]
More reading on AR and AR games [boing boing]

What We're Watching:
Violinist plays Mario in real time [boing boing]
American oil spill hits underwater cartoon characters [buzzfeed]

Other Cool Stuff:
Looooooong Wimbledon match [Cartoonish Ash]
Super creepy toys scanned through x-rays [Flickr]
Toothpick model of San Francisco [apartment therapy]

Friday Links - 25 June

For those about to rock, we salute you. For those about to work, well enjoy these links to help you waste a bit of time on your Friday. Let's get to it!

Flash Game of the Week: Dolphin Olympics 2 - This week I am on holiday in the US. I went and saw a dolphin show at the aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland. Whilst the dolphins were doing flips and tricks the only thing I could think of was getting back home and putting together some sick twist combinations in this brilliant flash game. See if you can beat my high score of 3.5 million.

What We've Been Reading:
Epic Wimbledon match live blog devolves into zombie talk [Guardian]
Seven Marios made from household items [Joystick Division]
How social networking affects the brain [Fast Company]
5 Best Japanese kids toys [Wired UK]
4 strengths of a leader [Workplace Psychology]
Design a playground like a video game? Why not? [Telegraph]
Play IBM's new super computer Watson in a trivia quiz game [New York Times]
Game industry tax credits go bye bye [Wired UK]
Scavenging 24 classic video games for $24 in Tokyo [Game Life]

What We've Been Watching:
Super Mario Bros beatbox [Daily Expresso]
Gaming and the future of enegery [IEEE]
Vuvezela Doom II mod [Wired Fans]

Friday Links - 11 June

It's World Cup Friday, so prepare for a weekend of sitting in front of a TV by ... sitting in front of the computer and catching up on what's good on the internet. Let's do this:

Flash Game of the Week: Not a Flash Game - Really it speaks for itself. Play at work without needing to shield your screen. See if you can make it to Section 3.1.2(c).

What We're Reading:
A critical analysis of contemporary couch fort architecture [Build Blog]
ARG designers should ... play ARGs. A revolutionary idea. [ARGNet]
Improv Everywhere makes some sidewalk modifications in New York City [Improv Everywhere]
Jim makes pancakes for his daughter. Our faves are the Tetris ones [Jim's Pancakes]
A blog of human misconceptions [You Are Not So Smart]
Coffee doesn't actually help alertness...or something. I didn't understand because I haven't had my coffee [Telegraph]

What We're Watching:
Time lapse Mario [NY Mag]
The five dysfunctions of a team [Workplace Psychology]
BP reacts to a coffee spill [Buzzfeed]

Other Cool Stuff:
Excellent ideas for modern gaming tables [Toxel]
Fingerstache temporary tattoos, future Go Game prize? I think so. [Gama-Go]
A city built from Rolodex cards...a house of cards you might say (but you probably shouldn't say that) [Jean Shin]
Hello Kitty Star Wars characters [Gizmodiva]
Icons writ large for your writing pleasure [Brigada Creativa]
365 shots of Stormtrooper action figures in action [Flickr]
 

Friday Links - 4 June

It's a new month, but that doesn't mean we're changing anything on the blog. The Go Game UK is still serving up tasty links for your time-wasting pleasure.

Flash Game of the Week: I Love Traffic - Who hasn't sat at a traffic light and thought 'I wonder what moron programmed this thing? I could do a much better job.' Well now's your chance...although I found that causing accidents in this game was far more satisfying.

Friday Links - 28 May

Has it been another 7 days already? No need to respond to that in the comments, we already know the answer (it's "yes" btw). So stretch out those pointer fingers and get ready for some link clickin'.

Flash Game of the Week: Enough Plumbers - well why the hell not? It's multiplying Marios. Really, this is a good old fashioned waste of time. It's not like you have work to do today, it's almost Saturday!

Friday Links - 21 May

We recovered from our game last night in Brixton in plenty of time to bring you another dose of your favourite medicine: Friday's Link Dump! You know our slogan around here: Helping you waste time on your Friday's since...2010!

Shameless Self-Promotion Department:
Come play Go Games this weekend in Brighton! Get a free pass simply by saying hello on Facebook [Battle of Brighton]
Read about our adventures last week at City Hall for the Go London Social Innovation Competition finals [Blog]

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.

Friday Links - 7 May

I was off last week for a nice holiday in the country, so I hope you didn't lose too much sleep when the links didn't appear last Friday. Here's a list of what we've been checking out on the interwebs this past week:

Shameless Self-Promotion Department:
If you're in Brighton for Fringe, come play our first game this Sunday [Battle of Brighton]

Flash Game of the Week: Super Mario Crossover - Forget playing as Mario, can you beat SMB as Link or Bill from Gryzor/Contra?

F Off Friday - 23 April

Up and at 'em early this Friday. There's are Go Games afoot (afeet?) all over the place today...maybe you'll see us out and about! If you're stuck inside all day waste some time with another Friday Link Dump:

Shameless Self Promotion:

Coming to Brighton Fringe? Take part in the Battle of Brighton [More Information]

Did you see our April Newsletter? It's pretty [Newsletter]

Flash(-ish) Game of the Week: Hatetris - The ultimate measure of frustration...The classic game of Tetris, but this time the AI conspires to make you lose.

F Off Friday - 16 April

The whole of The Go Game UK is out of the office today, but that's not stopping us from presenting our favourite links we found whilst procrastinating this week. Without further ado:

Shameless Self Promotion:
Come play with us at Brighton Fringe! [Battle of Brighton]
Faffing off with Augmented Reality [Blog]
Mei messes with the Nike Grid game [Blog]

Flash Game of the Week: Flaming Zombooka - Combining physics, zombies, damsels in distress and explosions? Sign us up.

F Off Friday - 9 April

The sun is shining and it's a beautiful day here in London, so we're sorry if you are stuck indoors on your computer. To help you pass the rest of the day, here's a link dump with some great articles and videos!

Shameless Self Promotion Department:
The Go Game does Splinter Cell [xbox pulse]
Read a recap and see the photos from our Big Kid Easter Egg Hunt [Go Game Blog]

Flash Game of the Week: ...but there were cannons - Developed by Armor Games, it's fairly simple. We're going to use the 'but there were cannons!' excuse for most things from now on.

What We're Reading:
The City as a Platform [shareable]
Is WOW too big to fail? [gamasutra]
Harness the Power of Happiness [Times]
Get offline to be productive [digitalself]
Dark Side of the Moon....and video games? OK [Wired]

What We're Watching:
How Video Games Build Leaders [Washington Post]
Video games take over New York [Vulture Blog]
Amazing business card throwing - yeah we know it's an ad, but still! [Youtube]

Other Cool Stuff:
Amazing urban camouflage [Web Urbanist]
East London van graffiti [Hookedblog]
If Calvin took ritalin [Laughing Squid]
Circuit board shoes [boingboing]
Wu-Tang pizza [slice]

F Off Friday - 2 April

Bank Holiday? Schmank Holiday. We've been working hard to procrastinate and bring these links to you. On with the show!

Shameless Self Promotion:

The Go Game Big Kid London Easter Hunt is sold out. Woohoo! See you tomorrow.

We're finalists in the Go London Social Innovation Competition [Go London]

The Go Game Spotify playlist for this week [Spotify]

Flash Game of the Week: Mushroom Madness 2. Hooray for hitting cute woodland creatures with a mallet. What could be better?

F Off Friday - 26 March

Ooops. Almost forgot it was Friday. No, seriously. How did this happen? Well who knows, but it's time for another link dump brought to you by your friends at The Go Game.

Shameless Self-Promotion Department: The Big Kid London Easter Egg Hunt - Lots of people signed up already...come out and play with us on April 3rd! 3 hours, £3, all for charity! More details here.

Flash Game of the Week: Infectionator World Domination - The sequel to the wildly popular Infectionator game, but this time you're competing to take over various cities with zombies instead of just racing the clock. Our high score this week: 1.9 million. In other news, we have too much time on our hands.

F Off Friday - 19 March

Yes, we've been faffing about today so there's a late Friday post. We know you've been waiting anxiously for it...F Off Friday. Let's do it!

Flash Game of the Week Loondon - The game has beautiful artwork and has a decent story. It would work a lot better in the hands of the guys from EchoBazaar, but overall it's worth a play.

From the Shameless Self Promotion Department:
The Go Game powers the BBC's Digital Planet panel at SXSW [Digital Planet]
Play The Go Game's Easter Egg Hunt for Big Kids! [Community Games]
Mei's post on her favourite radio adverts from the Radio Advertisers Hall of Fame [GG Blog]

F Off Friday - 12 March

Yeeehaw. It's Friday! Did you have a good week? We sure did, although the hangover from Chuck Norris' 70th birthday celebration hasn't worn off. Did you know that Chuck Norris can win a game of Connect Four in just three moves? True story.

Let's do this.

Flash Game of the Week: Home Sheep Home - We love physics-based flash games, but there are so many out there that are done poorly. Home Sheep Home combines great physics, delightful art and sheep with names. Can't wait until there are more levels added.

F Off Friday - 5 March

Oh hi, fancy meeting you here. How was the week for the rest of you? Only a few short hours before we can all run out of our offices for the weekend. Let's hope for sunshine. For now, we'll bring some light to your dark existence with another link dump.

Flash Game of the Week: Sushi Cat. I had a tuna avocado roll earlier in the week, so this was right up my alley. Combining a gelatinous kitty with sushi and plinko? That's some Friday morning genius.

F Off Friday - 26 Feb

It's been a long long week for The Go Game...just the way we like it! In between events and travel and games at Monday's Hide&Seek Sandpit we still wasted enough time online that we can bring you a full list of links for F Off Friday. Let's get to it!


Flash Game of the Week: "Pantry" by Amanita Design. This is a beautiful piece that has all the trimmings of style, colour and sound. Sure you can't beat a high score, but sometimes playing isn't all about winning. Amanita Design has a great group of beautifully-illustrated games on their website here.

F Off Friday - 19 Feb

Are you ready for a roller coaster ride through what we've been playing around with on the internets this week? Good. Let's go:

Flash Game of the Week: This Is The Only Level Too - You're an elephant and all you want to do is make it into the pipe so you can escape your graphics-deprived existence. Unfortunately for you, the crafty crew at Armor Games is conspiring against you. So annoying.