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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Fig. 8 lets you turn work into fun]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/30/fig-8-lets-you-turn-work-into-fun/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/30/fig-8-lets-you-turn-work-into-fun/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/30/fig-8-lets-you-turn-work-into-fun/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"><a href="http://www.yoarcade.net/ability/fig.8_content.html"><img hspace="0" border="0" vspace="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/08/fig8_083009.jpg" /></a><br /></div>
Some jobs in this world are <em>super</em> boring. If you sit in a cubicle all week, drawing up technical diagrams, you know what we're talking about. Well, there's no reason you can't turn all of those lines and numbers into fun, because beneath the surface of all that ink lies a game, one called <em><a href="http://www.yoarcade.net/ability/fig.8_content.html">Fig. 8</a>.</em><br /><br />Basically, you ride around environments on a bike, grinding lines and avoiding diagrams for points. You gain multipliers as you keep your bike straight, with the overall goal being to survive as long as you can. Now that we've got technical diagrams covered, how about turning these <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TPS_report">TPS reports</a> into a game?<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/30/fig-8-lets-you-turn-work-into-fun/">Fig. 8 lets you turn work into fun</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.yoarcade.net/ability/fig.8_content.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/30/fig-8-lets-you-turn-work-into-fun/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/19144738/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/30/fig-8-lets-you-turn-work-into-fun/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>fig-8</category><category>figure-8</category><category>indie</category><category>yo-games</category><category>zen</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Hinkle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>