[texhax] TypeRider

[Thomas Schneider]

I just came across this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3diZa7pmSys

> Published on Apr 12, 2013
>
> TypeRider est un "game-documentaire" qui a pour ambition de retracer
> l'histoire de la typographie depuis sa création jusqu'à ses plus
> récentes évolutions, en utilisant un dispositif ludique et virtuel
> pour parler de concepts bien réels.
>
> TypeRider is a "game-documentary" whose ambition is to recount the
> history of typography from its creation to its most recent
> evolutions.  A fun, virtual way to talk about real concepts.
>
> Authors : Charles Ayats, Elyes Chater, Théo Le Du Fuentes, Jérémy
> Quentin, François Renou.

google:
TypeRider  "game-documentary" typography

http://www.cmf-fmc.ca/about-cmf/industry-research/trendscape-blog/type-rider-video-game-documentary-and-transmedia-1/137/?setLocale=1

http://www.typerider.fr/

Perhaps it's of interest to this group?  Anyone play it?

Tom

  Thomas D. Schneider, Ph.D.
  Senior Investigator
  National Institutes of Health
  National Cancer Institute
  Center for Cancer Research
  Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory
  Molecular Information Theory Group
  Frederick, Maryland  21702-1201
  http://alum.mit.edu/www/toms