I still want to explore how to create a game that uses data to either manipulate the game or to create the level for the game. I have 3 main ideas that are still pretty broad:
1) use sound/music to manipulate (use soundCloud api)
2) use the NYTimes api to find articles, use words/text as the world or level
3) use an image or screenshot of their desktop to create the world
Some articles/examples:
http://kotaku.com/5891630/software-designs-its-own-video-games-for-humans-to-play
http://robb.is/working-on/vib-ribboff/
http://labs.brianstoner.com/spacecannon/
I am leaning towards using cocos2d and box2d, depending on which direction I go towards.