Here’s How to Host a 90s-Style DOOM LAN Party Using PocketC.H.I.P.

Doom LAN party battle of the Stands: Team Pencil versus Team Pen

Doom LAN party with PocketC.H.I.P.: Team Pencil Stand versus Team Pen Stand

PocketC.H.I.P. is more fun with friends, so call them up and make plans for a 90s-style Doom LAN party!

Following this guide you’ll learn how to setup a Doom server that runs directly on PocketC.H.I.P.. Plus, you’ll learn how to configure PocketC.H.I.P. to provide IP addresses to all your friends’ devices –PocketC.H.I.P., C.H.I.P., or any Doom playing devices (so basically anything).

The best part is no rackmount servers or ethernet wires required. Happy fragging!

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Links We Like: a Papercraft Boeing 777, a Mega Processor, and Electronic Sculpture

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Papercraft 777 Cabin by Iaconi-Stewart

All three of the main Links We Like highlight people whose artistry and dedication to their craft is remarkable. This week’s links unfold the world of papercraft, enlarge the microprocessor, and appreciate the art of electronic sculptures.

We’re always looking for new links. Make sure you share any interesting ones you find this weekend with us on the forums or in the comments at the end of the post. Have a great weekend and remember to take your Pokédex… er… PocketC.H.I.P. out with you while you’re hunting those Pokémon!

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Customize the Hell Out of Your PocketC.H.I.P. — Install Doom & Give It an Icon on the Home Screen

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PocketC.H.I.P. was designed to be customizable to your own personal taste, so it’s great to see Pocketeers like Marshmallow share their additions on the NTC forums.

Thanks to his work, you can modify the PocketC.H.I.P. home screen in a number of ways: add icons for your favorite programs, change the background color or add a wallpaper, and even add additional pages of applications. The software also offers nice additions to the user interface, such as the ability to delete icons from the home screen and a display of the remaining battery in an easy-to-read percentage.

Here’s how to install Marshmallow’s software and add an application and custom icon. Fire up your PocketC.H.I.P. and let’s head straight to hell with this community favorite: Doom!
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Links We Like: Founding Mothers of Silicon Valley, Seeing with Sound, and Rescuing Priceless Manuscripts

Founding Mothers of Silicon Valley via Backchannel

Founding Mothers of Silicon Valley via Backchannel

This week’s Links We Like reconsiders the founders of Silicon Valley, uses sound to see, and documents the librarians who saved the great libraries of Timbuktu.

Last week’s post resulted in a few link recommendations, including Senkun‘s suggestion to check out How to Make Your Text Look Futuristic — a must read for any aspiring future typographers. Don’t forget to add a starfield to your background to make it more futuristic. Have a great weekend! ☆*:. (⌐■_■) .:*☆

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Standouts from the 2nd PICO-8 Game Jam

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Last month, the PICO-8 developer community held its second major game jam.

Game jams are a friendly competitions where designers create games around a specific theme and only have a few days to program them. Given the theme of ‘Chain Reaction’, PICO-8 developers had just 9 days to create their games from scratch.

Here is a full list of the 35 games from the jam. To add any of these to PocketC.H.I.P., simply connect it to WiFi, and open PICO-8. Once PICO-8 loads, press the right arrow key and then press enter to update the list of available games. Use the arrow keys to select the game you want to play and start it by pressing enter again.

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