Gabe Newell. John Carmack. The creators of Uncharted 2, Scribblenauts, Farmville. Even Penny Arcade. I interviewed a parade of award-winners backstage at the Game Developers Choice Awards. And I wanted to make sure these post-awards interviews were not dull. More »
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That Game Company’s Jenova Chen and Kellee Santiago, saw their team’s game Flower nominated for several Game Developer’s Choice Awards, winning for Best Downloadable. We talked about their future, Pokemon, and, since they made motion-games for the PS3, PlayStation Move. More »
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Two of Naughty Dog’s top people collected five Game Developers Choice Awards last week for Uncharted 2. Short on material for my backstage interviews, I asked them which awards they deserved most and least. They answered and offered Pokemon tips. More »
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Doom co-creator John Carmack earned a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2010 Game Developer’s Choice Awards, but he’s not done. Oddly, he wasn’t sent an early iPad despite being a big iPhone games booster. We discussed that, plus, naturally, Pokemon. More »
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Batman: Arkham Asylum art director David Hego did better than I could, talking in a language other than his native one, about Batman winning Best Game Design at the Game Developer’s Choice Awards. Plus, he tolerated my Pokemon tips request. More »
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newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://bg-video.cp.motionbox.com/motionboxons/flash/VideoPlayer.swf?type=sd&video_uid=7c99dcb21e1be8cdf4&security_token=prod3.d1395a09a0b50da5&/964b27e6b160c07c=","customParams":{"allowScriptAccess":"always"},"width":500,"height":319.65,"ratio":0.6393,"flashData":"","embedName":"mbox_player_7c99dcb21e1be8cdf4","objectId":"mbox_player_7c99dcb21e1be8cdf4","noEmbed":false,"source":"motionbox"} ); The creators of fan-favorite Penny Arcade (comic, expo, cultural force) earned the Ambassador Award at the 2010 Game Developer’s Choice Awards. I asked these fine gentlemen for advice so that I too could win … and I got Pokemon tips. More »
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Two of the creators of PC darling Torchlight won the Best Debut Game trophy at the 2010 Game Developer’s Choice Awards. Backstage after winning, they explained how to succeed on PC, considered Torchlight 2, and … I got Pokemon tips. More »
