Spaff Posted November 18, 2008 http://www.offworld.com/ It's been a little over a year since we birthed Boing Boing Gadgets with our pal Joel Johnson. Ever since, Joel and his trusty lieutenants Rob Beschizza and John Brownlee have been conspiring to launch a new Boing Boing site centered around games. It was hard for any of us to vocalize what a BB games blog might look like -- we just knew it was in our DNA. So instead of forcing the hand of chance, Joel let the idea evolve at its own pace, to let it figure out what it wanted to be. And indeed it did. A year later, it's time to blast off to kicksville with the launch of Boing Boing Offworld! Piloting the rocket is Brandon Boyer, the former news editor for Gamasutra and longtime contributor to Edge magazine. Brandon is a quintessential happy mutant, following the fun without getting lost in the hype or sucked into the snark. We are thrilled that he signed up for the program. Boing Boing Offworld is a hub for gaming culture that cultivates the joy of discovery, sense of wonder, and celebration of innovation that all of us, and you, thrive on. Offworld will mix no-nonsense game reviews with profiles of designers, game industry news with level-headed thinkpieces, HOWTOs with actual games you can play. And of course, community! Gaming is a social phenomena. We hope you'll feel at home Offworld! (The comments feature should be up-and-running shortly so until then, please feel free to discuss here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted November 18, 2008 Hey, it's my former coworker. Weird. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted November 18, 2008 Ooh! Boing Boing have some hilarious articles... Interesting! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nachimir Posted November 18, 2008 Thanks for the link, I probably wouldn't have noticed for ages since I only rarely read boing boing now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wrestlevania Posted November 18, 2008 Not that Boing Boing is the bastion of online journalism, but I wonder if Offworld is a move more towards the sort of game industry reporting that Marek and Duncan wrote about recently. Alternatively: I could just be talking out of my exit-hole (fancy that!). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaff Posted November 18, 2008 i get the feeling its more gaming culture than hard hitting news Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wrestlevania Posted November 18, 2008 I've little doubt you're right. But their piece on Nokia's Yamake project suggested to me they were at least looking beyond the first piece of paper they had in front of them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brkl Posted November 18, 2008 Hrm, is Nokia trying to appear Japanese with a name like that..? That video was pretty cool Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
