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I’m trying to learn how to create video games using a tool called Stencyl. This is the game you make from the first tutorial. To play, click on the game first. Then use the space bar to jump, and the left and right arrow keys to move. Not fancy, but it’s certainly easy to grasp the basics.

Tip of the hat to the Innovation in College Media blog for pointing out this fun presentation by UNC Daily Tar Heel’s Sara Gregory.

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In a few months, Microsoft will begin selling its Kinect for Xbox 360. The technology is based on the company’s Project Natal technology that allows users to interact with video games without use of a controller or a wand.

The Web is about to undergo an important shift with the adoption of HTML 5 and CSS3. I’ve been hearing about this for some time, and I’ve been talking to people about the new standards and trying to…

This past week we learned that USA Today was launching a major rethinking of its newsroom structure. The Associated Press reported:

“USA Today, the nation’s second largest newspaper, is making the most dramatic overhaul of its staff in…

Found via the FlowingData blog, which says:

“Connoisseur of scaled rounded rectangles, bubbles, and triangles, David McCandless of Information is Beautiful talks data visualization in…