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Aug
21
COLUMN: ‘The Aberrant Gamer - Uncanny Valley Of The Dolls’
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[Back after a few months’ hiatus, The Aberrant Gamer is happy to return as a biweekly, sometimes NSFW column by Leigh Alexander, dedicated to the kinks and quirks we gamers tend to keep under our hats – those predilections and peccadilloes less commonly discussed in conventional media.]
“Make her boobs bigger,” someone says.
“No, no,” I argue. […]
Aug
21
A new survey of Guitar Hero and Rock Band players by Brown University ethnomusicologist Kiri Miller has revealed some fascinating trends, including the fact that 76% of the players bought music they heard in the game, and 69% often play in multiplayer modes.
The initial results from Miller, who has previously written on the subject […]
Aug
21
[Veteran, possibly pseudonymous game developer Matthew Wasteland writes the ‘Arrested Development’ humor column for Game Developer magazine, and we’re now reprinting his best insights on GameSetWatch. This delightful installment includes several useful excerpts from nonexistent game development tomes.]
Game Programming Turds, Vol. V
Here’s a great example of a system that checks an entered player name against […]