PAX 2010, Steam Indies, and a Job
It’s been a bit since I updated here, so I thought I’d share a few quick bits that piled up: Last weekend I spent a great time at PAX 2010. Personal highlights for me where the Giant Bomb and Idle...
View ArticleRealtime Worlds and Runic Games: Vastly Different Strategies
It appears to be official that APB is closing, a mere 2 months and change after it was released. This might be some sort of record in the MMO world, especially given the much-heralded pedigree and...
View ArticleGood Old Games: WTF?
Last Sunday, Good Old Games (GoG from now on, it’s a DRM-free digital game download service) announced it was abruptly closing. This was alarming to me, as I had enjoyed several of GoG’s packages...
View Article11 Vital Lessons To Learn From Game Dev Story
Something like 50% of my twitter follows and coworkers spent most of last week playing Game Dev Story, myself included. Basically, it’s a stat-based simulation game for the iPhone, but instead of being...
View ArticleWith Cataclysm, Blizzard took the World out of Warcraft
Now that I’ve hit level 85 with my Feral/Resto Tauren Druid and had a bit to think about it, I wanted to share some thoughts on the newest expansion. The short of it is that if Cataclysm is the...
View ArticleGDC 2011: A Mature Industry Reflects
I know I haven’t posted in forever (Gears 3 Beta in a few weeks!), but last week was GDC 2011 and some thoughts are in order. First, I’ll be putting up some talk notes later, still collecting those....
View ArticleGDC 2011: Dynamics, The State of the Art
The first session I attended at GDC 2011 was Dynamics: The State of the Art presented by Clint Hocking, newly of LucasArts. In broad overview, the talk was was another attempt to answer the question...
View ArticleReality Is Broken: Yup, Sure Is
About a year late, I just finished reading Jane McGonigal’s Reality Is Broken and have some thoughts on the subject. First off, it’s a well-written and well-sourced book that I can safely recommend to...
View ArticleThings I Wish I Knew About BioShock Infinite Before Playing It
I finished BioShock Infinite last night, and I had a few thoughts that I wanted to get down on virtual paper. First of all it’s fantastic and you should play it. This post is plot spoiler free, and it...
View ArticleYou can enjoy PAX without supporting Penny Arcade
There’s been a lot of interesting pieces written about Penny Arcade over the last week, and it’s been a good conversation that I’m glad is happening. I don’t support at all the kinds of things that...
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