Category Archives: Tech
The Best Original Games of 2009 (On VentureBeat)
Franchises. Sequels. Big summer movie games. Despite the glut of that familiar games that crowds retail shelves each year, gamers witnessed a respectable outpouring of original titles in 2009. Developers know that making a new intellectual property isn’t easy, and … Continue reading
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The Monetization Game: Moore calls current gen a burning platform
This past Saturday I had the chance to moderate the keynote panel at Play: The Berkeley Digital Media Conference, an annual Haas Business School conference that covers a variety of tech, media, and business issues. It was a gorgeous day … Continue reading
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Scribblenauts game developer makes a risky bet on being original
Everyone loves original games. But few developers take the risk of making them in the video game industry. Enter Jeremiah Slaczka, the creative director at game developer 5th Cell, dropped out of high school in his junior year. Working with his partner Joseph Tringali, … Continue reading
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The Rise and Fall of Dreamcast (on Gamasutra)
In this ten-year Dreamcast retrospective, Gamasutra looks back at Sega’s last effort in the console market through interviews with former president of Sega of America Bernie Stolar, former Sega of America COO Peter Moore, former SOA Vice President of Communications … Continue reading
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How Airtight Games started a console game studio with just $24,000
In 2004, Microsoft canceled a sequel to its Crimson Skies game, prompting the game’s executive producer, Jim Deal, to leave the company to create a startup. He and his team of four other ex-Microsoft game people had $24,000 of their … Continue reading
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WTF? Video Games are Dying?
I got an email from an associate the other day about a mini video documentary called “Digital Trends Presents Players Only with Scott Steinberg: Video Games are Dead.” The headline irked me because to say that ‘video games are dead” … Continue reading
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Marmoset Engine Revs Darkest of Days
No, apparently, the darkest of days isn’t the current economy. The Darkest of Days is a new first-person shooter created by developer 8monkey Labs, which, as a special bonus, has named its tech engine the “Marmoset Engine,” after a little … Continue reading
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Zenimax Buys Id Software: Commentary
GameSpot’s Tor Thorsen interviewed Id Software’s Chief Technology Officer John Carmack recently in the wake of ZeniMax Software’s buyout of Id, revealing key reasons for the landmark business decision. Id, one of the biggest independent developers in the industry, has … Continue reading
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Top 10 Kids’ Games of E3 (on VentureBeat)
As the average age of video game players in North America continues to rise into their mid-30s (according to the ESA’s June E3 report), kids’ games on the whole have been overlooked as bigger production titles like God of War … Continue reading
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