jason rohrer
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Game Artists Not Happy That Developer Is Selling Their Nearly Decade-Old Work As NFTs
3The question at the heart of this week’s incessant NFT debate is one of ownership: How, in the digital age, can one really own anything? And when somebody purchases a glorified gif or jpg for mind-boggling amounts of money, what do they even own? Not rights. Not the sole copy of the image. So what?…
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University Student Found The Perfect Gamer To Win $6000 From
When 22-year-old Nate Danziger booted up Cordial Minuet, he wasn’t sure what to expect. Cordial Minuet, a psychological puzzler from designer Jason Rohrer, asks people to use their own money. You only need a few dollars to start, but it’s still real money! Danziger discovered Cordial Minuet because he loved The Castle Doctrine, Rohrer’s last…
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Steal Money In This Game, Get Actual Money In Real Life
“Earn cash and win prizes just by playing video games!” We’ve seen that type of empty promise on dozens of fake-out ads all over the internet. But thanks to one creative indie developer, this weekend it will really be possible to do just that.
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Arcade Improv: Humans Pretending To Be Videogames
At the PAX East conference last year, a young man approached the microphone during the Q&A with Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins, creators of the popular Penny Arcade webcomic.