Jason set up his ol' Commodore 64 last weekend and so far it's been a big hit with our little nerdling. Actually, I think Zach prefers the C64 over the Wii. It's nice to know he has an appreciation for retro gaming.
Record Tripping is an online turntabilist game developed by The Bells Brothers, Dan and John. By using your mouse's scroll-wheel, you need to solve several puzzles that were inspired by the book "Through the Looking Glass." What I like most about the game is the turntable scratch effects done with the narration of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Very cool and addictive game. Give it a go! [via andrewcharon & alisonbeattie]
Help NASA sort through thousands of Mars images and have fun learning about space exploration at the same time! There have been so many images taken of Mars that scientists cannot sort through all of them by themselves. So, they have asked the public to help them sort through the images through their website Be A Martian, which was created with the help of Microsoft.
From BBC News article:
Players at Be A Martian can earn points in one game by helping Nasa examine and organize the images into a more complete map of the planet.
Another game gets users to count impact craters to help scientists understand better the relative age of rocks on Mars' surface.
Nasa hopes the mix of real data and fun will also inspire the planetary scientists of tomorrow.
"We really need the next generation of explorers," says Michelle Viotti, from the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which oversees Mars missions.
"And we're also accomplishing something important for Nasa. There's so much data coming back from Mars. Having a wider crowd look at the data, classify it and help understand its meaning is very important."
Gameboys is a band from Brazil that have created their own arrangements for video game music. Be sure to check out their Youtube Channel where they play arrangements from Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda and more.
Related Links:
Gameboys' Youtube Channel - Link
Gameboys on Myspace - Link
