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The Subtle Demon: The Games Industry’s Problem With Ageism
3419% of gamers are over the age of 50. But only 1% of the men and women making those games are the same age. Is the games industry no country for old developers?
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Pens, Paper And Envelopes: The Making Of Hearthstone
Everybody loves Hearthstone. Everybody is talking about Hearthstone. Everyone is playing Hearthstone. But when Blizzard veteran Eric Dodds said he wanted to make a digital card game instead of an MMO, some people within the company were a little puzzled. That all changed when he showed them what he built with a pen, paper and…
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The Australian Video Game That Took Eight Years To Build
Eight years. Eight long years. When Grant Davies and Nick Kovac started Endgame Studios in 2003 they couldn’t have imagined how long it would take to release their dream project. Broken promises, regrets, sacrifice. This is Fractured Soul, the cursed project. The game that history couldn’t contain.
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A Port In The Storm: How One Professor Defied The Queensland Floods With Minecraft
The recent Queensland floods had a catastrophic impact, but Dr Jeff Brand, a Professor at Bond University refused to take things lying down. When significant flood damage resulted in the closure of his university department and a disruption in his carefully planned curriculum, he decided to think laterally. Jeff Brand decided he was going to…