Character Competition Finalists Announced

The finalists in the character competition are as follows: “Skid” by Jean-Louis Sirois“Andy Warthog” by Corvus D. Elrod“Marcus Roadkill” by Geraldo Ramos Falci Jr.“Root Monkey” by Colin Panetta“Lucille” by Stathis Riso Many thanks to everyone who submitted entries. It was really difficult to narrow the field down and it’s a real shame that we couldn’t …

Long Live Games

Everyone is probably linking to Greg Costikyan’s two part article Death to the Games Industry: Long Live Games, but in case anyone has missed it, you can find it here: Part One, Part Two. While the first part concentrated on the state of the industry and the stifling of creativity, it was the second part …

The Return of Mr. Smoozles

Firstly, let me apologise for the temporary hiatus of the strip. The last couple of weeks have been very busy for me and I simply couldn’t find the time to do the strips. Hopefully I’ll be able to provide regular updates from now on. I’ve just finished putting together the strips for this week, so …

INceSIGHT Press Release

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/press_release.php?aid=11100 INceSIGHT – Writing and Design Solutions for the Games Industry YORK, UK (August 26, 2005)Steve Ince – freelance Writer and Game Designer – today announced the launch of his new company, INceSIGHT, through which he will continue to offer his considerable skills and experience to those developers and publishers in need of a proven …

Bonjour

The French gaming site, Le Sanctuaire de l’Aventure has just published an interview with me. http://www.sanctuaire-aventure.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=540 (Blogger is being weird, so I’ve had to put in the whole URL.) There is also a link on the page to the original interview in English.

Games Market Europe

I have decided to attend the Games Market Europe event that’s being held next week in London. I’m hoping that it will be a good event, but after all the great things I heard about the Leipzig GC I’m sure it will pale in comparison. I hope it’s a good show and that the organisers …

Broken Sword 4

Adventure Gamers are currently running a news item on the announcement that there is to be a fourth installment to the Broken Sword series of games. “In an announcement sure to thrill the many Broken Sword fans, THQ and Revolution Software revealed today that a fourth game in the highly acclaimed series is scheduled for …