This is a great issue. I knew almost nothing of Huxley going in, but Tom Chick’s preview has me more than curious (even though FPS MMOs are way out of my league.) And Bauman still attracts writers who want to cover the stuff around gaming and not just the games themselves. Check out Erica von […]
Entries from March 13th, 2007
Stepping Towards the Canon
March 12th, 2007 · 7 Comments · History, Industry
Many moons ago, I posted about creating a canonical list of video games, using the National Film Registry as a model. Now we have a first step of a sort. I wanted to hit this talk at GDC but didn’t for some reason. All of the interesting panels are scheduled at the same time. Anyway, […]
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Jet-lag
March 12th, 2007 · Comments Off on Jet-lag · GDC, Industry, Me
I just flew in from California last night, so I have some serious jet-lag. I never used to get it, but I suppose I am at that point where I can’t just do anything I want to anymore. So the content will be light today. I will have more to say about GDC later, but […]
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Chris Taylor on SupCom
March 8th, 2007 · Comments Off on Chris Taylor on SupCom · Gas Powered Games, GDC
This morning, in a mostly rambling speech about the development of Supreme Commander, Chris Taylor came out looking like one of the most optimistic game designers out there. He once again talked about how the crunch-time/overtime filled development cycle is an unnecessary evil that produces worse games and bitter employees. He ridiculed the idea of […]
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Ranting from the top
March 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment · GDC
GDC seems bigger than it was when I was last here in 2004. And my mailbox continues to fill with news from middleware developers with whom I have little in common. The two are probably connected somehow. This morning I went to the so-called “rant session”. This time it was the publishers holding forth about […]
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March Strategy Preview
March 5th, 2007 · Comments Off on March Strategy Preview · Preview
This will be my last post before I start packing and do all that other stupid stuff to prepare for my flight. I had some hassles pop-up over my arrangements, so if I look a little pissed off tomorrow, you can guess why. March is shaping up to be the month of “Weren’t you on […]
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