Community Embraces New Word Game at Mid-Year Play Day This past Sunday, families at Takoma Park’s Seventh Annual Mid-Year Play Day had the opportunity to experience OtherWordly for the first time. Our educational language game drew curious children and parents to our table throughout the afternoon. Words in Space Several children gathered around our iPads […]
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- 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
- 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)
- TIGA 2025 Finalist — Puzzle Game category
Events
Invited showcases: MAGFest (2020, 2022), DevGAMM, AwesomeCon, Develop:Brighton.
