Global Game Jam: 48 hours to make a videogame (Boing Boing)

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At 4:45, our host drinks what may be a bottle of pee! Today's episode of Boing Boing Video is our mini-documentary of the Global Game Jam 2009 (http://globalgamejam.org/), a worldwide, networked gamebuilding marathon in which participants have exactly 48 hours in which to conceptualize, design, and build a web-based electronic game.

Boing Boing Video's Jolon Bankey was the head organizer for GGJ Costa Rica, and team members there sent in video reports as the 48 hour game-in unfolded. I attended the Los Angeles edition with Matty Kirsch. Boing Boing Gadgets editor Rob Beschizza represented us at GGJ Pittsburgh. And Boing Boing friends around the world uploaded video sitreps, shoutouts, and random moments of weirdness with which we've produced this piece. We received video submissions from places as diverse as Australia, Scotland, Israel, Turkey, and Venezuela.

Play some of the games! You can browse winning entries, and all of the others who participated, and play on Mac, PC, or other OSes: Game Entry Browser http://globalgamejam.org/games

Read entire Boing Boing blog post: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/02/12/bb-video-our-network.html

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[thenoobsterman]

its funny how much apple juice looks like pee

[Bonegina]

Trailer for Gam Jam 2: Jam Harder now available!

[anthonyhbecker]

I can haz college education?

I wanna sit in room with geeks for 48 hours and make video game plz.

be like kyle Gabler

[jpatinop]

tenian que ser venezolanos

[JurgisTamulis]

This is awesome!

[JonnyTommyGuns]

Sad half of the Americans are fat as hell!!!

[rstankerftw]

at 1:39 they're playing a song from like some game thats exactly like GH and rockband, but you press letters ROFL

[jamesjosuejara]

jaja que bueno estar ahi, yes from costa rica,!

exelent game jam!

[fraguz]

Yey!! I'm the video!! haha