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I’m admiring these exclusive prints by Matthew Walkerdine, a visual artist and designer based in Glasgow, UK – they’re part of a collection of 10 prints that’s currently available at Little Paper Planes.

Keri Smith did it again. Not only did she come up with a book that can be wrecked, she and Penguin just launched Wreck this App – where you can scribble, doodle and deface to your heart’s content in the safe borders of your trusty iPhone/iPad.

Read about Keri’s journey on her blog, and see Penguin’s page for more details, links to purchase on the App Store and a teaser movie.

Jason Nelson sent me a link to his latest endeavor: an artgame called Scrape Scraperteeth that was produced for the San Francisco Gallery of Modern Art (SFMOMA) for a series on interactive poetry/art.

I have to say, as an old-school adventure gamer – it’s an interesting genre! Jason’s hand-made, messy aesthetics is a breath of fresh air to normal, straight-laced programs. The game is about progressing through levels (with loads of sound effects and bursting texts when you hit it right), but is a throwback to modern life where our hero is nothing more than a hamster in a wheel, harassed by all sorts of troubles as in real life. You can’t actually “die” in the game, but its linearity is a an all too familiar story.

Aren’t we all running away at some point in our life?