OpenSocial

Marc Andreeson waxes enthusiastic about a new way to use old technology (js includes) to create embeddable apps.

Create Multiplayer Games in Meebo

I may just dust off my ibrpg code once again (put it on hold after hearing about metaplace) and see if I can get a simple multiplayer rpg going after I heard about the new Meebo apis. It sounds exciting!

LazyLaces - point and click games blog

From the site:

Lazylaces was developed originally as a sandbox for my own ASP development, but, over the years, has grown organically, via being a personal blog, into a home for point'n'click games and other things I find on the net, and it now has it's own community of contributors and commentors. It is still developed & coded solely by myself, in ASP, though, and is totally homegrown - no third party blogging tools are used in the construction of the site.

DesktopGaming - gaming desktops

Here's a great collection of hard to find gaming based PC/Mac desktop images.

Plotbot Collaborative Screenwriting Software

I'm always looking for new ways to creatively interact with other folks. This is a great way to create a 'screenplay' with other folks or even just yourself. Great way to generate ideas for a novel, or come up with game plots as well!

RIA Developer Camp at Adobe

If you are interested in AIR,Flex, Flash, etc with regards to building RIA's (Rich Internet Applications) and you are in the Bay Area then you should sign up for this free camp.

Zelda

It's interesting to see what kinds of things you can embed in your blogs from widgetbox.com... This zelda game, for instance.

Retro Style Web Games at Nitrome

I love "pixel" art based games. They are usually low res or arcade style graphics with chiptune music. Check out this site for some great web based games that you might not find anywhere else.

Project Angela: Make your MMO's Portable

From the site:

Project Angela is an open source effort to create a unified, platform independent, domain specific modeling language for virtual world physics, called the Ruleset Modeling Language (RML). That mouthful essentially means that you create your world’s “rules” (the physics of the world being whatever rules that the designer deems to be in play) and then take it to the engine of your choice. RML is a vocabulary for designing the ruleset of a virtual world. It is intended for modern asynchronous platforms, is modular and re-useable.

30 + Joomla Tools and Resources

Mashable has a great list of over 30 tools and resources for Joomla. Joomla is a content management system which is free to use and has tons of features.

The Unfinished Game / Demo Dump

Tigsource's forums has a very interesting thread about unfinished / abandoned code. The thread encourages other folks to post unfinished code in an effort to jumpstart new projects. It's very cool!

Cute Tactics: Strategy Defense

I used to not be much of a fan of tactics games before I played Jeanne D'Arc. Now I'm a recent convert. If you are like me you never get time to play longer than a few minutes here and there. This game takes Tactics games and makes them cute/casual. It's a great little time waster between meetings or when you have a few minutes. I found this on the esteemed JayIsGames site.

Need a great composer for your games? Try Rob Westwood

I got this person's name highly recommended by a number of folks. When I get my own games going further to the point of needing music I'll be looking him up. Given that it's so hard to find a "good" composer that knows something about games, I thought I'd pass this name on.

Vastpark gets ready for beta

Vastpark looks to be a tool to allow anyone to create 3D virtual worlds and share them with other folks in an accessible way. This article talks a bit about how it works and that they are about to go into closed beta.

MMO Spelling Bee

This got me laughing. Only for gaming/internet geeks. *snort* *chuckle*

Free 100MB Remote Drive: who.hasfiles

I ran across this site and it seems that it might be useful for just about anyone with a personal computer and a net connection. You get a 100MB mountable remote drive for free. It's different from web drives in that its a mountable drive on mac, pc, and linux. I haven't tried it yet myself, but it seems pretty cool.

Storybase.net - get ideas for your stories

Feeling dry in the idea department? Having trouble figuring out what to write about next in your novel? This site offers to help jumpstart your internal muse by offering story suggestions...

Unity 2.0 Released!

If you haven't heard of Unity, it is an easy to use and powerful multiplatform game development tool. Version 2.0 purports to have all kinds of amazing new features and power. Go check out the site and see for yourself. You can create games for both windows and mac, though the editor is mac only (AFAIK)

Independent Games Festival Entries

The Independent Games Festival is a great opportunity to see what sorts of amazing things are going on in the "indie" game scene. This is a list of the entries in the IGF games competition and definitely worth checking out.

Etsy - ebay for handmade items

The "making" meme is growing, and you can see it by the increasing success of sites like etsy. Imagine if Ponoko teamed up with Etsy?

StyleIgnite - stylesheets for your site

If you have always wanted to update your website with the latest Web 2.0 techniques, you may find quite a bit of great information here. The site has examples, article and other neat features to help you beef up the look and feel of your site.

Pixelmator: Image Editor for OSX

If you are looking for a snazzy new image editor as a less expensive alternative to Photoshop for OSX you should try this out.

Indiegames.com

Here's a new site featuring influential games in the indie games scene from the CMP Game group - the folks who run the Independent Games Festival.

40 Ways to be a better (game) designer

I was looking over the top 100 posts from Raph's website and this article caught my eye. If you are a game designer or someone who just is into games you will find alot of good reads there.

Some Helpful Links for AIR HTML Developers...

If you are an AIR developer using the HTML side of things, here's a few helpful links regarding the new security model and a link to the new Aptana support for beta 2 of AIR. And one for raw Eclipse users. Also, here is a link to the FAQ on Security in Beta 2.

RIA App Builder "Thermo" Debutes at Max

The era of taking a photoshop file and converting it into an application is coming sooner than we think. There is a new app coming from Adobe code named Thermo and it could be a game changer for the RIA scene...

Adobe AIR Marketplace

Adobe has a new marketplace to feature applications created using AIR. If you have created something using AIR you definitely should upload a version here, as you will most likely get alot of exposure for your work...