Of course, I may be a little slow on the uptake, seeing as GDC was last week, but I just found out that The Excellence in Writing Award at the Game Developers Choice Awards went to Tim Schafer and Erik Wolpaw for Psychonauts. As I’m currently playing this game and loving it, I couldn’t be …
A number of screenshots from the forthcoming game, Broken Sword – The Angel of Death have beep posted over at Adventure Corner.
An interesting piece has appeared on the MCV site about Nintendo’s plans for downloadable content as presented at GDC. Following on from Sony’s similar news yesterday and the fact that XBox live is already running well, this means that we’re developing a game playing culture that’s going to be much more at home with downloadable …
I’ve just read this article over at The Escapist online magazine. It’s the first in a series of four articles by Warren Specter about the future of game development. It’s a must-read for anyone who has even a remote interest in the future of gaming. He really hits the nail on the head for me.
This image is part of the intro to the game, Mr. Smoozles Goes Nutso. I thought you might like to take a look. 🙂
I was sent a link by Susan O’Connor to this article by KeithBoesky, which is interesting reading and something I wholeheartedly agree with. “Mr. DeBonaventura’s statement to the audience was very honest and slices directly to the core of the issue. When asked if there was one thing he would do differently on the Doom …
I just read a news item over at MCV about the worldwide launch of the PS3 in November. I must admit that I’ve been very skeptical about the PS3, but this bit caught my eye: “PS3 will be supported with a free online service from day one, and the console will come bundled with a …
I think my monitor must be on the way out. I find that I get to the end of the day and my eyes are really feeling the strain. Then today I noticed that it keeps going a little weird, like all the pixels are wiggling about, which doesn’t help at all. Does anyone have …
I’ve posted a new screenshot from the game on the Screenshots page. I also posted an updated version of the first screenshot, too.
Phew! The first draft of my book, Writing for Video Games, has now been completed. And bang on schedule, too. It really feels like rather a large landmark. Now I just need to polish it and find some big words to put in…
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Or not… He scared the living daylights out of me when he suddenly leaped onto the desk. Not something I ever encountered with Acrasia.