This is a GDC audio archive of a game design challenge: create a game based on a license of Emily Dickenson's poetry. Tough problem! Clint Hocking, Peter...
Hi, I am a Flash developer and newly appointed member of the Pod Developer Advisory Board at SMS.ac, the world's largest online community of mobile users. ...
I have joined this club because I'm not too computer savy and need to get some expert advice. Have been playing older games like Half Life and Outlaws on my PC...
... Well, we're game *designers*. The system is irrelevant, except insofar as you can accomplish some things on some systems and not others. For instance, to...
... Have you tried roguelike games such as Zangband and NetHack? ... Begone, creature from the dark side ;-) This list caters for people who make games (mostly...
Gerry Quinn
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May 15, 2006 10:30 am
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Thank you Brandon, That was a very good point you made when you said: If developers are shipping titles to multiple platforms then what difference does it make...
... Is it though? The question ultimately implodes upon itself, invoking game design discussion. First one has to come up with a criteria for "best." That...
That's true Brandon, the answers are not what I was anticipating, but it sure is good and refreshing listening to great creative minds like yours and others in...
I am playing Freeciv this evening for the N zillionth time. I had a 14 hour workday gathering signatures which didn't yield a lot of money. I plan many long...
Somebody please kick me if I play Freeciv again. I binged hard this past week, avoiding work. I played so much, that I actually felt like I gained some...
Lead Game Designer – Casual Games phenomedia publishing gmbh, Bochum, Germany Experienced Lead Designer sought to create games and drive development in ...
Game Designers – Casual Games phenomedia publishing gmbh, Bochum, Germany Experienced designers sought to create games for diverse genres across a variety of...
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/35557/ Apparently, Comcast and the other cable providers have been lobbying the US Congress to let them choose what...
From: "Brandon J. Van Every" <bvanevery@...> ... Note that what has actually happened is *nothing*. The US Congress has declined to make a new law...
Gerry Quinn
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Jun 14, 2006 12:19 pm
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... I suppose it could break later. If I were a cableco, I'd wait until the legal climate and the political apathy were juuust right to turn the thumbscrews....
... From: "Brandon J. Van Every" <bvanevery@...> ... I suppose it could break later. If I were a cableco, I'd wait until the legal climate and the...
Gerry Quinn
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Jun 14, 2006 1:49 pm
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... My point is, even if the indie distribution sky isn't falling now, and it hasn't fallen yet, it could fall later. It's a risk. We shouldn't assume that...
From: "Brandon J. Van Every" <bvanevery@...> ... I don't disagree. But why assume that something pushed by the piracy-loving EFF, for example, is in...
Gerry Quinn
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Jun 21, 2006 6:15 pm
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... They would like to corner the market on high bandwidth services. They could squeeze out smaller providers like Speakeasy for instance. I don't know the...
The Austin Game Conference is coming up September 6-8. It is a three day event bringing together 2,400 attendees from 20 countries to participate in...
Ok, I'm bored, and I always have my head in programming implementation issues nowadays rather than "high concept" stuff. For kicks, let's say an open source...
... Easily modifiable behaviour. So I guess I'm talking about the sort of modification at runtime that's commonly associated with languages like lisp or...
... Nowdays I'm a Chicken Schemer. http://www.call-with-current-continuation.org I do think being able to manipulate scripts is important. For the kinds of...
... I'm intently following the evolution of similar techniques in statically-typed languages, but that'll come as no surprise. I guess I can learn to put up...
Gaia Interactive is an exciting start up based in San Jose, CA. Gaia has created the largest web community bringing together MMORPG, Social Media, Virtual...
"Brain Age" ships 4 million units worldwide http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=10432 It's a game that's supposed to exercise various parts...
USMC licenses "Operation Flashpoint" tech http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=10429 I saw the OF authors win an award at GDC 2002! That's...
Microsoft release hobbyist friendly Xbox360 development http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=10458 The buzz in the blogosphere is building...
... Not really. People download and install these things for other reasons. ... The product doesn't even ship until 2007. Win98 will be 9 years out of date....
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