12 Days of Joyswag: Nintendo 3DS plus eight games (and a ton of Skylanders)

Another year, another 12 days of holiday giveaways! Between now and Christmas Day, we're doing the one thing that makes us feel truly alive: giving. Specifically, we're giving you fine folks some of the swag we've managed to collect in our cluttered home offices. And the good will and merriment doesn't stop here! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Facebook for even more chances to win!

Here we are, Christmas Eve. To pre-celebrate pre-Christmas, we're giving away a Flame Red Nintendo 3DS along with a pile of 3DS games. Here, let us list them for you:
  1. Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (plus a gob of figurines!)
  2. Cave Story 3D
  3. Star Fox 64 (plus ... scarf?)
  4. Thor: God of Thunder
  5. Pokemon Rumble Blast
  6. Tetris Axis
  7. Super Mario... (Continue Reading...)

Create Creative Commons games and art in the 'Liberated Pixel Cup'

If you're cool with a little freeware/open-source jargon ("free-as-in-freedom"), we encourage you to check out the Liberated Pixel Cup.

Creative Commons, the Free Software Foundation, and OpenGameArt, three organizations naturally concerned with the free transmission of culture, are partnering to make the world a better place for free game development. The contest is taking place in two phases: first, participants are encouraged to create new game art usable by anyone (as long as they attribute the source), and upload it to OpenGameArt.

Then, all that art will be used to make games, between July 1st and July 31st. Prizes will be awarded for standouts in both categories. It seems pretty likely you'll be able to download and play all the games from the contest as well, given that, you know, "free software" business. If you don't want to... (Continue Reading...)


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