Month: February 2011

Explore the World’s best museums with Google Art Project

You can now marvel at the World’s greatest art galleries without leaving your seat, thanks to the new Google Art Project. The new site is kind of a Street View for museums, allowing you to explore more than 1,000 classic pieces of art in very fine detail.

Google has teamed up with 17 different esteemed art museums around the World, sending its cameras into their galleries to capture the works on display. Galleries include the National Gallery in London, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, and the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid. The site utilizes an indoor version of the Street View technology, like the kind we covered a year ago, to deliver rich, 360 degree tours of the galleries.

Google Art Project features 17 ultra high definition, gigapixel images of the best works from each of the museums. This is something of a dream come true for art enthusiasts and students, giving them the chance to get extremely close up to some of the best pictures ever painted. Check out the visitor guide below for more about this awesome project.

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Free Browser Game: Nano Ninja

Last year I wrote about the excellent Corporate Climber and now we have Nano Ninja, which takes the same one-button idea to create another really fun game.

You have to reach the top of a building, going floor by floor and avoiding the obstacles on each one. The one-button control does different things depending on the level. On one level, the button might make you dash, and on another, jump or even pause. The biggest difference with Nano Ninja is that it’s a bit easier and shorter than Corporate Climber. However, that’s not a disadvantage, as it adds a ghost mode so you can race previous selves to complete the game. Nano Ninja, in time-honored tradition, is avenging his master, and you’ll need some quick thinking and accurate tapping to make sure he succeeds.

Play Nano Ninja at Newgrounds, requires Flash.