I’ve seen orangutans play video games on a touch screen, but this is the first lizard. And this Bearded Dragon doesn’t need opposable thumbs to master the art of gaming, he uses his tongue.
After spending a week in GDC, writing posts at midnight, waking up early for meetings, gorging on omelettes with ponderous amounts of ‘cheese’ it’s good to finally be back in the office, and have the time to collect my thoughts. In hindsight GDC seemed to be the event where social gaming struck back, where iOS gaming demanded to be taken seriously.
It’s a topic that had me asking myself – what is the value of gaming?
Reggie Fils-Aime is what’s known as a ‘character’ in the games industry, the type that’s always two seconds away from another quotable remark. This time, speaking to Geoff Keighley on GameTrailers TV, he’s claiming that cheaply made mobile games are “one of the biggest risks today” in terms of the games industry.
Alright folks, the results for indie game of the year and console game of the year are in – now it’s the turn of Mobile/Handheld games. So which did you vote in as the best of 2010? [Rustles yet another imaginary envelope.]
While You Were Sleeping was a well-received romantic comedy starring the luminous Sandra Bullock and the irrepressible Bill Pullman.
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