GeekWire

Use ‘The Force’ for Code: Lucasfilm teams with Code.org for Star Wars ‘Hour of Code’ tutorials

Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE by Todd Bishop on Nov 9, 2015 at 5:46 am December 15, 2015 at 7:21 pm ...
GeekWire

Code.org lets kids develop their own Flappy Bird game in 15 minutes

The Flappy Bird craze isn’t quite over yet. To celebrate a few milestones, Code.org today released a “Make Your Own Flappy Bird” tutorial that lets kids as young as six years old learn how to make ...
Polygon

Finding treasures in the code: Why the source code of classic games matters, even to non-coders

Darius Kazemi is writing a book about Jagged Alliance 2, and one of the resources he's using using for research is the game’s source code itself. Kazemi gave a talk at Critical Proximity during the ...
Game Rant

Gaming Tutorials Can Tread A Thin Line Between Instructive & Patronizing

Portal 2 sets a great standard for tutorials - it's funny and quick, and the patronizing nature of telling the player how to progress is explained in the narrative. Games have a lot of standard ...
Android Authority

How to redeem any Steam code you might get

Steam is the biggest gaming platform on PC, and people buy games for each other all the time. It’s common to be the recipient of a Steam code, either for a video game or for some other gift. Luckily, ...