Jay-Z’s “Empire” Game

Russian skywalking, Jay-Z's Empire, Globars and more in our look at the web this week

Move over Farmville. This week rap mogul Jay-Z announced plans for “Empire”, a Facebook game that mirrors much of his own life. Good karma is garnered through remembering friends and family as you move from the Marcy Housing projects in Brooklyn to the “hotspots of the rich and famous”.

It Gets Better on Stage

Russian skywalking, Jay-Z's Empire, Globars and more in our look at the web this week

The gay youth support network that grew grassroots-style on YouTube has set its sights on the stage. Incorporating music, theater and multimedia for a touring live production that will focus on “communities where the It Gets Better message is needed most”. The project lives as a Kickstarter project, so it’s up to you to make it happen.

Livehoods

Russian skywalking, Jay-Z's Empire, Globars and more in our look at the web this week

A student-produced algorithm is the basis of “Livehoods”, a project that culls FourSquare data to produce a digital map showing the hangouts of like-minded people. They used the similarities found in 18 million check-ins to create clusters that depict a more accurate view of the human dynamics of a city.