Link roundup

1. Chewy Black Forest Cookies recipe.

2. Tron Bit animated gif.

3. The BBTS posted preorder links for several 2011 SDCC exclusive toys including the Republic Commando set.

4. Craft book giveaway.

5. The Quiznos chain might be running out of money. (I love Quiznos as an alternate to Subway, and the rare chain to have Diet Mountain Dew as a fountain drink.)

Star Wars Fleet Commander and Tron Game Grid

Two very cool games designed by Arthur Nishimoto:

Developed at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) by MS graduate candidate Arthur Nishimoto, "Fleet Commander" explores how a real-time interactive strategy game that would typically rely on complex keyboard commands and mouse interactions be transferred into a multi-user, multi-touch environment.

TRON: Game Grid was designed specifically to be played on a 16 Megapixel LCD Multi-touch wall. The game currently only has one level, the Ring Game. The gameplay is a hybrid of the ring game and disk arena games as seen in the film TRON. The game was developed in 4 weeks throughout September 2010. The first version, containing a complete Ring Game, was completed on October 6, 2010.

Link roundup

1. Really interesting article about how hit songs are manufactured and how much it costs to do so (the amount spent on promoting the song (bribery) is by far the largest amount). Via.

2. Tron Legacy 8 bit Extended Version.

3. Tattoo with a QR code that becomes animated when viewed through a smartphone. It'll be more impressive when the tattoo is invisible unless viewed through a smartphone.

Tron, Spider-Girl

"Data Fragmentation" by Patrick Bateman (who has lots of other Tron art in his gallery):



Patrick based his illustration on this photo by Marcus Ranum:



And Marcus's gallery is full of fascinating (and many NSFW) photographs including a gallery of Spider-Girl photos:



Via.