Grand Theft Auto V
There’s something about this trailer for GTA V that amazes me. It’s not that the graphics are higher resolution or more photo realistic. They’re not. I’ve seen new games recently that look much more realistic. Especially when it comes to the people. But the world illustrated in this trailer is amazing nonetheless. It just feels […]
Tiny Tower — When did videogames get ruined?
I have always considered myself a video game nerd. I grew up with an Atari 2600, an Atari 800, a Sega Genesis, a Dreamcast, a Playstation, and both Xboxes. I also played games on Macs, PCs, and even spent many hours of my youth playing games in actual arcades. Pretty typical for many guys my […]
Creative User Interfaces Aren’t Just for Movies
Recently I saw an article about a new startup called Small Demons. The premise was vague, but had something to do with the publishing industry. Being interested in publishing I signed up to be notified of their launch. Today I went to their website and was introduced to their premise of cataloging real world details […]
We’re officially launching our own children’s book imprint and giving away all the books. Wait… what?!?
Two years ago, we launched an online children’s book service called A Story Before Bed. The service lets parents, grandparents, teachers, authors, and even kids record videos of themselves reading a children’s book that can be played back over and over again. We’ve been lucky enough to work with some amazing children’s book publishers who’ve […]
How a father-son Lego project turned into our latest app.
Every year at the beginning of October Seattle sees the advent of one of the biggest Lego conventions in the country. And each year lego hobbyists (like me) start working months in advance on their Lego creations to display at the convention. Enormous spaceships, moon monorail layouts, entire cities, castles, sculptures and more fill every […]