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Aug
15
[Academia has much further to go to support game development, argued MUD co-creator Richard Bartle at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival, which Mathew Kumar kindly attended for us - and Bartle pointedly criticized many major universities for failing to get on board with support for games programs and research. Some interesting food for thought here […]
Aug
15
COLUMN: ‘The Gentleman Nerd’ - Why I’m Stumbling Around … GenCon
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[The Gentleman Nerd is a not entirely weekly column written by Jason McMaster and is dedicated to the more discerning tastes of the refined dork. Due to Jason’s extreme nature, most of his columns will be subtitled ‘Why I Love…’ or ‘Why I Hate…’ - in case you were wondering.]
I know that I haven’t written […]
Aug
15
[I’ve been tangentially involved in helping set up speakers for Austin’s Worlds In Motion Summit, and getting a Google Lively keynote is a neat capper to the program, which complements the existing Online Track at Austin and has also just had some new lectures added from folks like Klei’s Jamie Cheng and Rebel Monkey’s Margaret […]
Aug
15
Where Indie Nation is concerned, I usually make a quick plug for the game before the jump, then halfheartedly tell you to download the game first and maybe hit the jump later to hear my disjointed, irrelevant thoughts on it.
I’m not going to do that this time, because Photopia is too damn good, and too […]
Aug
15
First of four NBA 2K9 teasers features Paul Pierce ownage
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Aug
15
Take a guess how many expansion packs there have been since Electronic Arts released The Sims 2 some four years ago? Go on, guess. I’ll wait.
Answer: seven. There have been seven expansion packs available at retail for The Sims 2. EA is a huge fan of even numbers, and will be releasing the eigth and […]
Aug
15
New Shaun White Snowboarding trailer and screens are very snowy
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Aug
15
Soulcalibur 4 featuring the Final Fantasy VII cast
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By now, I’m sure you’ve seen just about every character and celebrity under the sun in Soulcalibur 4 form, thanks to their robust character creation system. Hell, you’ve even seen their panties already. But this video collection was too good to pass on.
Japanese game blog gamedunga (kickass name!) points us to this awesome lineup of […]
Aug
15
Evil looking toys are evil in THQ’s DS puzzler Dropcast
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I hadn’t heard of THQ’s upcoming Nintendo DS battle/puzzler Dropcast until the screens and fact sheet just landed in our mail box, but I’m definitely intrigued. The game features a maladjusted little girl who brings her imaginary stuff animal friends to life, teaching them devastating magic spells.
OK, so this closely mirrors my childhood, which would […]
Aug
15
The Week in Rock Band DLC: Devo, Duran Duran, and … The Janitors
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This isn’t the first we’re hearing about Devo tracks coming to Rock Band, but here’s a good confirmation: next week’s DLC will include two Devo songs, both re-recorded by the band for the game. "Girl U Want" and "Through Being Cool" will be available for 160 MS Points ($1.99 a piece) next Tuesday on Xbox […]