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 Win98 will be 9 years out of date....
Peter Molyneux expresses doubts about the physicality required of Wii-style controllers. http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=10582 "I...
"Theory of Parallel Universes" to support the play of, say, quadraplegics. http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20060817/grammenos_01.shtml Nice idea, but where's...
Hello group! We are looking for experienced PS2 teams capable of delivering a series of high quality EyeToy and/or SingStar games for kids based on an...
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=10704 People seem to agree what "hardcore" gamers are, but the definition of "casual" is murky. This...
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=10678 Analyzes WoW's success, the cheapass Chinese, and how "instancing" lets somewhat anti-social gamers...
http://gamasutra.com/features/20060823/goetz_01.shtml Rags on the number of mouseclicks in Civ III and IV. An article after my own heart! I'm still committed...
From: "Brandon J. Van Every" <bvanevery@...> ... The last game of Civ4 I played, I won a standard game at Prince level (one level harder than the 'equal'...
Gerry Quinn
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... A space race is historically one of the only ways to win at Civ without clicking yourself to death. It's really not a fair test of user interface...
... Avoid. My SO's thoroughly addicted. It seems to me that instancing's mostly about preventing parties messing each other up though - WoW's not really...
I pulled a not-so-likeable hot dog + toast out of the refrigerator from last night's dinner. 'Tis a cold dog; thought I'd eat the nasty thing, rather than...
... I have not! Is it culturally what I outlined? I mean yeah, sure, it says everyone's an orc or a vampire or whatnot. But are players expected to be...
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=10736 So, some university researchers want to teach kids how to deal with bullies, using a virtual sim. ...
Hello all I would like some advice for my 16 year old nephew. He claims that his calling is to be a video game designer, however, I know that he doesn't have...
... Are you a game developer yourself, and therefore, that is how you know what's involved? ... He needs exposure to at least one of: programming, level...
/"I would like some advice for my 16 year old nephew. He claims that his calling is to be a video game designer, however, I know that he doesn't have a clue as...
... Just to second that, NWN Diamond Edition is a DVD-ROM that runs for $20 at Walmart and it include a ton of bonus material at a very reasonable price. -- ...
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