Teller – he is really called just ‘Teller’ – of magician duo Penn & Teller is working on a production of Macbeth. A Macbeth with stage magic, and Grand Guignol effects, and the intended aim of scaring the audience witless. I haven’t been this excited about a play since I heard about the theater version [...]
Here is a little story about Animal Crossing. Only read this when you feel emotionally stable. You may need a tissue. (Thanks, Tobe!)
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Posted 20 November 2007
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A reader asked me if I knew of any games that can be used to treat ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder – it is called TDA/H in some other countries). A quick Google turned up this USA Today article that discusses the issue (and amusingly mentions players ‘slaying Spyro the Dragon’). It seems far from clear that [...]
There are many sites about game development out there, but I bet there’s not a lot with a list of recent articles like this: Watching Sunsets Bubble Sort and Merge Sort Seeking for God’s will and guidance Basic XOR Encryption(c++) Romans and Computer Games Fun-factor In fact, it is quite likely that the Christian Coders [...]
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Posted 21 September 2007
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Aya Karpinska sent me a very nice email today, which included a link to Nobody Knows, a digital poetry piece / VJ application that uses a game controller to allow players (readers?) to manipulate the visuals. It sounds very playful.
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Posted 19 July 2007
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Kurt Vonnegut has died. Time to reread some of his books. I never read that many, but the ones I did read, I liked.
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Posted 12 April 2007
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This is perhaps not a new observation, but it struck me recently that GDC is, in some ways, the new E3. For some time now, it has been big and loud, and big industry announcements were made there. But now since E3 is gone there is no other place or time in the year where [...]
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Posted 10 March 2007
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A mere 6 months after announcing that I had been laid off, I am glad that I can finally say that I am working again. I am a free-lance designer/producer now. As you may have read already, I am currently working at Replay Studios in Hamburg, who are hard at work on Sabotage, a PC [...]
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Posted 25 November 2006
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Clint Hocking has written a great blog post on Gears of War. Like Clint, I was (and am) skeptical about Gears of War. I consider it a game worth paying attention to, but I don’t know yet if I like it, or think it’s great. But I might be changing my mind right now. Basically, [...]
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Posted 18 November 2006
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geosDS GEOS for Commodore 64 on your Nintendo DS. Thanks, Andi :) (tags: games emulation)
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Posted 14 November 2006
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