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Boing Boing Offworld launches!
Published 11/17/2008 by David Pescovitz at Boing Boing
... Johnson. Ever since, Joel and his trusty lieutenants Rob Beschizza and John Brownlee have been conspiring to launch a new Boing Boing site centered around games. It was hard for any of us to vocalize what a BB games blog might look like -- we just knew it was in our DNA. So instead of forcing the hand of chance, Joel let the idea evolve at its own pace, to let it figure out what it wanted to be. And indeed it did. A year later, it's time to blast off to kicksville with the launch of Boing Boing Offworld! ...

Offworld: BoingBoing’s new gaming site shows promise, potential, a certain moxie
Published 11/18/2008 by John Biggs at CrunchGear
... , former Gamasutra editor. The content so far is the typical mix of intelligence, wit, and piss/vinegar expected of any member of the BB family and I’m glad to invite them into my RSS reader in the cherished space next to OffalToday.com and OggVorbisforAudiophilesNews.org ...

Boing Boing tv: We're a Year Old, and Yes We Can (Announce a New Programming Plan)
Published 11/18/2008 by Xeni Jardin at Boing Boing
... , the games blog we launched yesterday. Check out offworld.com for a hint of how this will feel: gaming seen through a wide lens that encompasses the art, culture, and human experience of gaming, not just a buying guide. ...

Boing Boing tv Update: OFFWORLD, YES MEN, and THIS IS THE FIRST.
Published 11/18/2008 by Xeni Jardin at Boing Boing
In this week's Boing Boing TV update, we discuss what's ahead with the launch of BOING BOING: OFFWORLD, and we speak with the YES MEN about their EPIC STUNT last week in which they printed and distributed lots and lots of copies of a New York Times fantasy-edition, with the headline IRAQ WAR ENDS. Mark blogged about this last week, with video. We speak to three of the guys who made this event possible over a multi-channel iChat session that gets kind of melty sometimes. They are: Steve Lambert from the ...

Spare parts for Spore
Published 11/18/2008 by David Pescovitz at Boing Boing
I haven't played Spore yet, but I find this image of appendages in the Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack to be just the kind of Wunderkammer-esque collection that I appreciate. Brandon Boyer has more over at our new Boing Boing Offworld games blog! "EA tosses new parts into Spore patch"

Afternoon Linkage for November 18th, 2008
Published 11/18/2008 at GEARFUSE
Afternoon Linkage for November 18th, 2008 By Vince Veneziani November 18, 2008 Comments (0) Filed under: Features We have a new contest up next week, so stay tuned for more details. Promise. Pinky swear! Table Tap BoingBoing launched a new gaming site Apple Apples Find out what Uniqlo is doing in Times Square Some student hid a Game Boy inside a graphing calculator The 2010 Ford Mustang looks pretty damn sweet Only serious graffiti artists need apply Who wants a triple-flip phone? You thought the Jawbone was hot? Dior is releasing a ...

Today on Offworld
Published 11/19/2008 by Brandon Boyer at Boing Boing
Following our successful lift off, today on Offworld we saw the community start to extend the life of 2D Boy's brilliant indie puzzler World of Goo, and saw ...

Today on Offworld
Published 11/19/2008 by Brandon Boyer at Boing Boing
Following our successful lift off, today on Offworld we saw the community start to extend the life of 2D Boy's brilliant indie puzzler World of Goo, and saw ...

BBtv: Offworld Premiere. What's Offworld?
Published 11/20/2008 by Xeni Jardin at Boing Boing
... , if you prefer to download the video. Like this episode? Tell Brandon and the Offworld gang what you think over at offworld.com: ...

(BBtv) Unicorn Chaser, Friday Review: Offworld.com Death Dwarf Dance
Published 11/21/2008 by Xeni Jardin at Boing Boing
ALL HAIL FRIDAY! Here we post lulz for the benefit of the nation. Earlier this week, we announced new programming plans, including a weekly UNICORN CHASER video feature at the end of each week. Here is the first: we reprise the Boing Boing OFFWORLD debut episode with an one-minute dance remix of editor Brandon "death dwarf" Boyer's musical moment in Azeroth. ...

Shepard Fairey poster at Women In Games Intl. auction
Published 11/21/2008 by David Pescovitz at Boing Boing
Tomorrow is the Women In Games International's celebrity auction where you can big on such items as Shepard Fairey's Civilization Revolution posters signed by strategy game pioneer Sid Meier. Brandon has the details over at Boing Boing Offworld. "WIGI shows off celebrity auction wares"

BBtv + Offworld: Status Report Edition, Brandon's Still a Death Gnome (video)
Published 11/26/2008 by Xeni Jardin at Boing Boing
... Let Brandon know what you think of this week's video report from the slums of Azeroth over here in the Offworld comments thread. ...

Gamer's guide to the Wilhelm Scream
Published 12/1/2008 by David Pescovitz at Boing Boing
We've posted before about the "Wilhelm scream," the singular screech heard in hundreds of movies and TV shows since it was recorded in 1951. Over at Boing Boing Offworld, Brandon notes the scream's transition into the video game world. "The gamer's guide to the Wilhelm Scream"

BBtv: Bill Barminski video for "Surfer's Point," by SubAtomic Nixons
Published 12/3/2008 by Xeni Jardin at Boing Boing
We interrupt our regularly scheduled weekly programming (Brandon from Offworld is taking the week off from Boing Boing tv duties) to bring you a short, sweet, retro-tastic little video from Bill Barminski, one of our favorite filmmakers and multimedia artists. This piece is a music video for his music side project, the SubAtomic Nixons. Direct MP4 download here (Duration:00:01:32). You can view previous BBtv episodes featuring his work right here.

BBtv: Offworld Update with Brandon, Awesome Edition
Published 27 days ago by Xeni Jardin at Boing Boing
... In it I recap what we've been doing on the site (most notably, the debut of Monster Mii), recommend ...

Boing Boing tv Week in Review
Published 25 days ago by Xeni Jardin at Boing Boing
... ♦ WEDNESDAY: Brandon Boyer, editor of Boing Boing Offworld, updated us on iPhone games and arty Wii avatars. WATCH IT. Here's a Direct MP4 Link. ♦ Also on Wednesday, we began a three-day commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights in partnership with WITNESS. First episode: this video about the treatment of mentally disabled youth at a hospital in Paraguay, and proof of ...

(BBtv) Blip Festival 2008: Joel interviews Jellica, Mr. Spastic, and Nullsleep
Published 20 days ago by Xeni Jardin at Boing Boing
... Join the conversation about this episode over on Offworld. Previously: Blipfest 2008: Joel interviews chiptunes artist Bubblyfish. (Special props to Beschizza for doubling as director of photography ...

(BBtv) Blip Festival 2008: Joel interviews Jellica, Mr. Spastic, and Nullsleep
Published 20 days ago by Xeni Jardin at Boing Boing Gadgets
... Join the conversation about this episode over on Offworld. Previously: Blipfest 2008: Joel interviews chiptunes artist Bubblyfish. (Special props to Beschizza for doubling as director of photography ...