Filed under: Web services, Google
Google Maps go green
Google is showing its ecological side with Summer of Green, an attractive Google Maps mashup that, in a partnership with the Earth Day Network, "highlights some planet-friendly travel tips for top U.S. travel destinations as well as how to use Google Maps in your daily routine to find and support green activities." Though the site is a bit overloaded just now (when will Google learn that any site it launches is going to get pummeled?), it's very slick, clean, and easy to use.
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
