Posted Thursday May 25, 2006, 12:00 am, Over one day old
Various online game sites are coming out with their Best of E3 round-ups, and I just finished reading IGN's, where Prey was nominated in two categories, Best FPS and Most Innovative Design (rightfully losing to the Wiimote). Not bad, especially...
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Posted Thursday May 25, 2006, 12:00 am, Over one day old
Read Brand new brands & E3 '06 (Links)
Posted Thursday May 25, 2006, 12:00 am, Over one day old
Good friend, Binu Philip, co-Founder Biz Guy of Austin's Edge of Reality, kindly gave me permission to post a talk he gave at the South by Southwest conference (SXSW) last month. I really liked his message, and so I present...
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Posted Thursday May 25, 2006, 12:00 am, Over one day old
I'm not talking about a certain unhealthy sugary cereal with a ship's stumpy captain as a mascot...I'm talking about the 14 hour days developers put in near a project's end to shine-up our games before that inevitable looming date when...
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Posted Thursday May 25, 2006, 12:00 am, Over one day old
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Posted Thursday May 25, 2006, 12:00 am, Over one day old
Saw this story on BusinessWeek Online reporting that EA, long time friend of the movie-based game, is going steer their floating behemoth into the bluer waters of original IP. From the article: EA's ambitious goal is to create more such...
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Posted Thursday May 25, 2006, 12:00 am, Over one day old
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Posted Thursday May 25, 2006, 12:00 am, Over one day old
I missed this non-story when it made news, but it appears that several sources have reported that production of N-Gage has ended. Anyone who's read this blog for a while will not be surprised that I didn't think the N-Gage...
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Posted Thursday May 25, 2006, 12:00 am, Over one day old
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Posted Thursday May 25, 2006, 12:00 am, Over one day old
The June/July issue of Game Developer has an article, Playing Smart with IP, by Dan Lee Rogers, that hits on several strong points in favor of original IP versus licensed IP. One of Rogers' key stats: If you look at...
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