Intelligent Artifice

A blog on interactive entertainment: design, production, industry and related topics.

 

Crypto-marketing August 17, 2004

Filed under: Uncategorized — Jurie @ 9:07

Dana is from San Francisco. Dana runs a simple website about honey called I Love Bees. I Love Bees has been hacked by something strange. Something that is counting down to “wide awake and physical”. Dana doesn’t know what to do, according to her blog.

Other people are keeping a very close eye on Dana’s metastasizing website.
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Warner buys Monolith August 13, 2004

Filed under: Uncategorized — Jurie @ 0:00

Read all about it. See also the earlier blog post. (Thanks, Tobi)

 
 

Best Doom 3 mod ever August 10, 2004

Filed under: Uncategorized — Jurie @ 11:37

Now I can play Doom 3 in style… with Hello Kitty flashlight mod. Technically, it’s a mod of a mod… Hello Kitty is a parasite, living a symbiotic lifestyle in a Martian hell. (Thanks, Kirsten.)

 
 

The end of Britsoft August 9, 2004

Filed under: Uncategorized — Jurie @ 23:49

MCV UK laments the end of Britsoft:

With Eidos for sale, Codemasters for sale, Criterion bought and Argonaut in financial crisis, it’s not just the media frenzy surrounding Manhunt that should be giving the market pause for thought this week.

From a content creation and ownership perspective, the UK industry is faced with the harsh realities of global consolidation. Indeed, a collection of its biggest brand names could fall into foreign ownership in just a matter of weeks.

But how does this look from a non-British perspective?
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Doom 3 August 8, 2004

Filed under: Uncategorized — Jurie @ 11:48

Well, Doom 3 is out. The reviews appear to be positive.
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Game rumors August 4, 2004

Filed under: Uncategorized — Jurie @ 23:29

Why comb through the news feeds when you can get all your game rumors right here? Brought to you by the people who made grouphug.us. I consider the latter site more entertaining, and about equally useful. (Thanks, Sid.)

 
 

Ho-hum August 3, 2004

Filed under: Uncategorized — Jurie @ 23:36

So is there really a vaguely titillating object in Max Payne 2?
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In the news August 2, 2004

Filed under: Uncategorized — Jurie @ 9:34

Once again, Rockstar Games is in the news, this time over Manhunt.

I am adding to this post as the story develops.
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