The Game Fiction Dilemma: Knights Of The Old Republic Vs The Sands Of Time

Excerpts from the book Expressive Processing. Reprinted with express permission of the author.


March 20, 2010
News

Game Developers Conference 2010, As Told To Twitter

What was everybody (on Twitter) talking about during this year’s GDC? Game researcher Jesper Juul offers his annual look at the most tweeted highlights from the week of GDC, during which “pocket protector” was a surprisingly hot topic.


March 19, 2010
News

The Silver Age: Is Valve The New Marvel?

Jason McIntosh, producer of television show The Gameshelf and writer of the blog of the same name, explores the similarities between the video game and comic book markets of the past and present. Here, his second entry on the subject.


Playing Political Games

In a large theatre at the 2010 Game Developers Conference, 10,000 game makers gathered for the Independent Games Festival and Game Developers Choice awards ceremonies, where the best indie and mainstream games of the year are celebrated by and for their creators. In between the two, an unusual video was shown. Aneesh Chopra, the United States’s first Chief Technology Officer, made an unusual address to the game development community.


March 18, 2010

Syncopation In The Super Mario Bros Theme

[Kotaku proudly presents the following in-depth look - and listen - to the evolving music of Super Mario Bros via gaming blog Cruise Elroy]


March 17, 2010
News

Studios Dial Up Dollars From Smartphone Games

There is one bright spot in the flailing video game industry, and Hollywood already has started taking notice.


In Real Life

GDC Imbues Cocksure Codemonkey With False Sense Of Coolness

It’s been two days since Jake’s plane from sunny SFO landed in flat OKC, but his friends think the real Jake is still somewhere hiding deep within the halls of the San Francisco Moscone Centre. This new Jake is new.


How To Break Into The Video Game Translation Business

I often get questions from aspiring translators about what kind of job I have and how to break into the translation industry, so I thought I’d write a FAQ-style post answering these questions once and for all. If there is anything else you are curious about, feel free to leave a question in the comments.


March 9, 2010
News

iPad Games Are Going To Be Crazy Awesome

Gaming on the iPhone and iPod touch has been a huge hit for Apple – a neat, unique experience combining a relatively big screen, multitouch controls, motion-sensor controls, network access for social gaming, in-app commerce for virtual goods and more.


February 4, 2010

“Mass Affect” – BioWare’s Upcoming Hipster RPG

Composer, bandleader, jazz instructor, gamer and writer Kirk Hamilton takes a little time out of his busy day to walk us through an “undiscovered” BioWare pitch for a never-announced role-playing game.