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Aug
18
Interview: The Science Of MMO Fraud
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[This is an interesting, if odd one - Mathew Kumar talked to Gene Hoffman, CEO of billing and fraud management company Vindicia, about the issues MMO publishers such as Blizzard (which we believe Vindicia represented, but they didn’t explicitly confirm) face - and what they can do to avoid fraud, which can be massive.]
As […]
Aug
18
COLUMN: Quiz Me Qwik - ‘Much Ado About Luc Bernard’
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[’Quiz Me Quik’ is a weekly GameSetWatch column by journalist Alistair Wallis, in which he picks offbeat subjects in the game business and interviews them about their business, their perspective, and their unique view of life. This time - some opinions and an interview with controversial indie game creator Luc Bernard.]
I pretty freely admit that […]
Aug
18
Overlord II Screenshots Ahoy
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Overlord was the rare game that was fun, funny, and pretty good. Sure the thing had it’s faults, but it was damn fun being a bad guy controlling a mob of hilariously devoted minions. While never having beaten the game*, I enjoyed myself thoroughly and if you haven’t played it at all I’d recommend picking […]
Aug
18
Miyamoto is Not as Popular as Spielberg
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On David Jaffe’s blog, the mind behind God of War said that creator of almost anything famous by Nintento, Shigeru Miyamoto, and legendary game creator Will Wright are not as well known as Steven Spielberg because there is no mention of him on box art.
I’m guessing that Miyamoto isn’t as popular as Spielburg due […]
Aug
18
COLUMN: ‘The Gentleman Nerd’ - Why I Love … 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.]
Well, I made it back, gentle […]
Aug
18
Woo, some final GameSetLinks for the weekend, and in here is the excellent return of ‘A Vampyre’s Story’ - which has been hanging around in development for at least a couple of years now, and it’s great to see will finally get a release later this year.
Also there - Richard Jacques stars in the Summer […]