FolditMad Protein-Folding Skills | Submitted by rinkuhero on Fri, 06/27/2008 - 00:33. |
Foldit is a game where you try to maximize the stability of a protein by pulling it, twisting the orientation of its amino acid sidechains, and wiggling it. Most of that work can be automated, leaving the actual gameplay to work through trial and error. The idea is that, eventually, games like this could harness the power of humanity to solve problems that can't be solved by brute force computation alone. It's a good idea, but I'm not sure about the execution.
When is an art game not an art game? We link to lots of art games, you know -- things like Jason Rohrer's Passage or the work of Messhof or Petri Purho, and it's a diverse lot -- but they all have one thing in common. These artists have high regard for the medium of the game, and they are attempting to create something novel and interesting with due respect for what games can do and how they achieve their effects. They have chosen to work their art within the medium of the game, because they love games.
