Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Tech hacks for the time-rich and entertainment-poor.


I've been following MyToaster on Twitter for a while. It is gratifying to see a domestic appliance so happy in its work.

How happily surprising it was to discover that MyToaster is a neat little hack!

I don't think you could call this a game - it has no rules. But I think it makes life more playful, and encourages new ways of thinking about everyday objects.

Question: will the games of tomorrow be prettier pictures on a bigger screen? Or will more games involve extraordinary uses for ordinary things?

(Games involving the real world include: location based games, more location-based games, an example of a tabletop game, Mr Tetris, Moving Mario, real-world Mario.)
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  1. VladMay 13, 2009 at 10:37 PM

    Pardon my language but this is too good to pass up.

    Proof that twiter is shit:

    http://hackaday.com/2009/05/05/twittering-toilet/


    I found the last comment on the page pretty funny:

    "OK if i were to expand on this it would have to twitter as follows

    Captains Log:
    (Date)
    (Time)
    (Name)
    (Number[1/2])
    (Duration)
    (Flushed?)
    (Washed?)"

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