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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links for 2006-11-14
geosDS GEOS for Commodore 64 on your Nintendo DS. Thanks, Andi :) (tags: games emulation)
links for 2006-11-11
Slashdot | France To Subsidize Games As Art Only a matter of time (in France). Still, it’s nice. (tags: games)
links for 2006-11-04
Evil Rollercoaster Tycoon video Fun. Linked to all over the place, including GewGaw. (tags: fun games) ‘Persuasive Games: Taking Bully Seriously’ Ian Bogost takes a good critical look at Rockstar Games’ Bully. (tags: games)
links for 2006-11-02
The Ministry of Transportation Awesome awesome decaying building in Georgia. Via William Gibson. (tags: urbandecay)
links for 2006-10-22
The 1% rule (The Guardian) Rule of thumb suggests: 1% creators, 10% interactors, 89% viewers. (Via Wonderland) (tags: user_created_content) Making Light: Bestsellers, okaysellers, and slippery figurative language A clarification of the original post I linked to on the 21st, re: is book publishing hit-driven / bestseller-driven or not. It’s slightly more subtle. (tags: book_publishing business [...]
Beyond Machinima: Rudy Poat and John Gaeta on the Future of Interactive Cinema
There’s a strange article on Gamasutra called Beyond Machinima: Rudy Poat and John Gaeta on the Future of Interactive Cinema. It’s basically an interview with Rudy Poat, creative director at EA Vancouver, and John Gaeta, Academy Award winning special effects guy, most famous for the SFX in The Matrix.
Clint Hocking has a blog
I don’t report or comment on new blogs I read or discover as much as I should. In an attempt to correct that: I recently discovered (via Markus Friedl) that Clint Hocking has started a blog on game design. Mr. Hocking is a writer and game designer who worked on the Splinter Cell series at [...]
links for 2006-10-21
Analysis of in-game advertising in SWAT 4 Disturbing, though not much more than, say, Windows Media Player. Via Penny Arcade. (tags: Advertising games) Richard and Robert Garriott on the future of MMOs (The Escapist) An interesting read. (tags: games_industry online) The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups Interesting. (tags: business) Dr. NakaMats’ inventions (PingMag) 100% true?… [...]
links for 2006-10-20
Del Toro working on Hellboy (Eurogamer) After James Cameron, John Woo and Peter Jackson, another movie director gets involved in games. I wonder how many of them really ‘get’ it. Note that they are all genre directors. (tags: movies games) Line Rider Post by Clint Hocking about Line Rider, a simple but fun flash game [...]
