Press & Awards

Games coverage

  • GameDaily — “Indie Prize Spotlight: How IDEA Games learned from its peers to enhance Otherwordly” (18 Oct 2019)
  • PocketGamer — “thought-provoking puzzler that truly grabbed the judges’ attention” (1 Sept 2020)
  • Dictionary Society of North America — Invited speaker, 2019 conference

Historical

  • The Wall Street Journal — Walt Mossberg cites WikiNodes in Personal Technology column (29 Sept 2011)
  • The New York Times — “Site of the Day” (WebExhibits, 7 Feb 2000)
  • Washington Post — “Lighten Up” (WebExhibits, 9 Mar 2007)
  • The Boston Globe — “Show us what you’ve got” (WebExhibits, 2 Sept 1999)
  • The Times (UK) — Technology section (WebExhibits, 2007)
  • New York Sun — “Letters Give New View of Artist” (WebExhibits Van Gogh, 2006)
  • CBC Radio — Interview on “Freestyle” (WebExhibits, 6 Jan 2006)
  • Apple App Store — Staff Pick, New and Noteworthy (WikiNodes, May 2011)
  • Apple App Store — Featured in “Apps for Teachers” Reference category (WikiNodes, June 2011)
  • Wikipedia Signpost — First tablet app for browsing Wikipedia via radial tree (WikiNodes, 13 June 2011)
  • Mashable — “#1 Fresh Web Tool for Working With Colors” (ColoRotate, 2010)
  • Cult of Mac — “Turns the iPad into the ultimate Photoshop color-picker” (ColoRotate, 2010)
  • MacGasm — App of the Week (ColoRotate, 2012)
  • AASL — Best Website for Teaching and Learning (SpicyNodes, 2011)
  • Edudemic — 35 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools (SpicyNodes, 2010)
  • ALA Techsource — Praised for making “poetry, including its history and forms, more engaging and interactive” (SpicyNodes, June 2009)

Awards

OtherWordly

  • Most Innovative Game — Indie Prize USA, 2019
  • Games for Good — Serious Play, 2021
  • Best Educational Game — CODiE Awards, 2021
  • Arts & Humanities — Reimagine Education, 2021
  • Finalist: Best Casual Game — TIGA Awards, 2021
  • Finalist: Best Educational or Serious Game — TIGA Awards, 2020
  • Finalist: People’s Choice — MEGAMIGS, 2021
  • Finalist: EdTech Creator Challenge — GSV/Unity, 2021 (Top 30 of 250)
In Other Words

  • TIGA 2025 Finalist — Puzzle Game category

Events

Invited showcases: MAGFest (2020, 2022), DevGAMM, AwesomeCon, Develop:Brighton.

Press Kits