Today a more general collection of interestings about technology and how it shapes our world. What did Cara Ellison learn from her hobo odyssey to far flung places where indie developers make games? How much did a simple white shirt cost before industrialization? What is the future of our most high-minded 20th century architecture? Can we save the promise of the Internet?

• Cara Ellison Interview: Embed With Games

• The $3500 Shirt - A History Lesson in Economics

• Beyond Failure (of modern architecture)

• The End of the Internet Dream

HIVE High School

High school students in the HIVE wrote interactive fiction games on the theme of the Day of the Dead. They used Twine, a very accessible, free program for writing chose-your-own-adventure stories and more.

Click the “box art” below to play a game. Click on links to advance the story.

HIVE WAM

Below is an eclectic compilation of games created by HIVE middle school students. Students made their games in Scratch, a beginner coding platform developed by MIT. Inspired by Day of the Dead tales and rituals, they either modified games they found on the Scratch website or build their own from scratch.

Click the “box art” below to play a game.