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Aug
22
[Well, this is interesting - longtime GSW friend and MMO fiend Michael Zenke has been talking to some of the folks at Red 5 - recipient of almost $20 million in VC to make what is presumably meant to be a WoW-beating MMO - and they have some interesting, high-level thoughts about persistent online worlds. […]
Aug
22
Column: ‘Homer In Silicon’: Narrative vs Fiction
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[’Homer in Silicon’ is a biweekly GameSetWatch column by Emily Short. It looks at storytelling and narrative in games of all flavors, including the casual, indie, and obscurely hobbyist.]
I play a fair number of casual games, and I’m interested in story-telling, so I was intrigued by Mathew Kumar’s recent Gamasutra article about the state of […]
Aug
22
The World is Waiting for Wonder Woman.. In MK Vs. DC
Category: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, News, Previews, Video Game, comic book, Mortal Kombat | Leave a Comment
Everyone’s favorite DC heroine (after Powergirl, Huntress, and Supergirl) Wonder Woman is now confirmed as being in the next Mortal Kombat installment, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. Wonder Woman may be one of DC’s oldest female superheroes, but she’s looking pretty fine so far:
The other character that was announced from the DC Universe is […]
Aug
22
Cross Compatibility for Music Games. Woot.
Category: General, Microsoft, Sony, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, music games, Rock Revolution | Leave a Comment
It looks like one of my biggest wishes has come true. The major publishers of music based games, Activision, Neversoft, Harmonix, and Konami, have worked out an agreement with Sony that will guarantee that games will be compatible with the musical peripheral for each game maker. That means that owners of Rock Band 2, […]
Aug
22
Ah yes, the inevitable return of GameSetLinks, headed out by a chat with a Nintendo Power supremo, and closely followed by a totally gorgeous Crystal Castles retro artifact - I’d actually like to see a Crystal Castles clothing line, if you could, Internet?
Also hanging out in here - scaling your game design scope, another […]