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Spout: social networking to find new films
Spout users each have a personal profile, which is dynamically updated as the users give their opinions on movies. These views are used to build lists of recommended movies for users based on their interests. They've been operating for some time now, but have been adding new features. Most notably a feature called Moviemind. It works by taking a movie title and then finding other movies for you that are similar. The social networking side allows you to meet up with other users who have similar tastes, and mine them for new movie ideas. You know, things that people used to do with real friends. Remember those things? Real friends? No? You're right, the internet knows you better than your real friends ever did anyway. Take its advice.
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 ...
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Edwin said 11:04PM on 5-24-2007
I prefer movie lens... it rawks hard
http://movielens.umn.edu/
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CHARLOTTE said 8:29AM on 6-25-2007
I IZ LOVIN BORAT N ITZ A BOYGIRL THING
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