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  1. via @DocPop: Captain Forever, an addictive space shooter where you have to salvage your opponents pieces to survive http://captain.qlnk.net
  2. via @k: What makes PopCap games so addictive? The sounds, scores, low pressure and visual stimulus: http://bit.ly/vEsUj
  3. via @k: “If I sell to them, I can’t dominate their lifestyle, I have to fit into their lifestyle.” EA's CCO http://bit.ly/6MAMT
  4. via @k: An old paper by Nick Yee "The Labor of Fun: How Videogames Blur the Boundaries of Work and Play http://bit.ly/MuA1h
  5. via @k: "Perhaps the souls of games are not found in accelerometers … but in the way they invite players to respond" http://bit.ly/1nnfhv
  6. via @k: The difference between grind and adventure. Why "Where are you in [Fable II/WoW]?" yield diff answers: http://tr.im/oDic
  7. via @dutchashell: videogame boxes if they were in the criterion collection - http://tinyurl.com/GameBoxDesign
  8. via @dutchashell: A new look at playing to win: http://moourl.com/trainGame
  9. via @DocPop: Shadow Physics demo posted. Experimental gameplay based on light sources http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb5DjyoDObA
  10. via @k: Richard Bartle’s IMGDC keynote on balancing guided content and user-created content in MMOs. Fascinating. (PDF) http://tr.im/jOa1
  11. via @k: Research on the relationship between journalism and videogames at Georgia Tech: http://tr.im/jbDO
  12. via @DocPop: Plants VS Zombies promo/music video http://www.offworld.com/2009/04/root-of-all-evil-popcaps-plant.html
  13. via @DocPop: Caster port to the iPhone introduces innovative controls for a 3D world http://caster.qlnk.net/
  14. via @DocPop: Caster port to the iPhone introduces innovative controls for a 3D world http://tinyurl.com/djb748
  15. via @DocPop: "Promoting your indie game" http://tinyurl.com/cvor9f
  16. via @k: Article on the origins and design choices of a virtual card game, Kongai, with comparisons to Pokemon: http://tr.im/hHyg
  17. via @DocPop: Jonas Luster talks MMORPGS on GETV http://tinyurl.com/csu34d
  18. via @DocPop: The newest game trailer for The Behemoth shows cool multiplayer cooperative play http://the.behemoth.qlnk.net
  19. via @DocPop: awesome fan made "trailer" of a Mega Man game w/ faux-3D http://megaman2.5.qlnk.net/
  20. via @DocPop: @jennatar's review of bit.trip for Wii http://bit.tripping.qlnk.net