Alt.GDC: Developing Skylanders’ Innovative “Portal of Power”
Finishing up his GDC coverage, Blake Maloof sits down with some of the developers of the Skylanders’ “Portal of Power,” which started out life with sink and toilet plumbing parts!
Toys and Games
Modding Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots
We wanted to make our own version of Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots for the Americans Elect lounge at SXSW, so we decided to replace the heads with a donkey and elephant heads, to represent the two political parties. This also goes with the giant plush donkey and elephant that people may see in action around SXSW, who are with us. Like the two parties, they just can’t get along.
WALL-E Is on Track for Maker Faire
The WALL-E Builders Club is getting ready for this year’s Maker Faire, to once again show off their loveable real-world analogue to the Pixar film favorite.
Interview with Greg Broadmore at GDC
Blake Maloof catches up with the amazing and talented Weta Workshop concept artist and super raygun artificer, Greg Broadmore.
Paper Airplane Thrown for World Record
And who said your paper airplane obession was weird and you’d never amount to anything?
Bike Part Spirograph
Spotted at the recent Cedar Rapids Mini Maker Faire by Steve Hoefer. Looks like a piece of hardboard with a circular hole in it, lined with bike chain, to make an improvised “ring gear,” with variously-drilled chain gears and sprockets that roll around inside it to guide the pens. A similar idea was published by […]
Recycled Firehose Swing
A quick eBay search reveals that, in fact, used fire hoses are quite readily available, and not very expensive. The bentwood seat would be a little more challenging, but as woodbending projects go, that shape wouldn’t make for a very difficult one. Or you could just use an unbent seat. It’s the work of designer […]
