Shroud of the Avatar: Selective Multiplayer
In a follow-up session to my earlier interview with Richard Garriott, we discussed the asynchronous multiplayer technique being discussed for Shroud of the Avatar, known as Selective Multiplayer.A...
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On World of Tanks and How to Win at Free-to-Play
One of the most successful free-to-play games out there is World of Tanks, boasting some pretty impressive conversion numbers. I finally broke down and gave it a shot, to see what the fuss was about,...
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Review: Legend of Dungeon
At PAX Prime, I had a couple minutes to say hello and chat with the fine folks at Robot Loves Kitty, a husband-wife game development team. Their roguelike dungeon crawler is a fun little party game,...
View ArticleThe Stanley Parable - Review
Originally a mod project created by Davey Wreden, The Stanley Parable has been "HD remastered" and re-released on Steam as a standalone title by Wreden and a small team of developers....Read Full Post
View ArticleSteam In-Home Streaming and the Future of Virtualized Gaming
There has been a lot of news in the last year on ways to deliver games to players via streaming over the Internet or via LAN. With the release of Valve's Steam In-Home Streaming beta, I took a look to...
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The Banner Saga - Review
With all the nonsense about King.com's claim to the words "Candy" and "Saga", I decided it was time to take a look at The Banner Saga and see if there was any chance of brand confusion....Read Full Post
View ArticleHow to Thrive in a Game Conference Social Setting
I wanted to elaborate more on an earlier series of how to get started in the game industry, and dealing with social situations, and the opportunity presented itself at a recent fan convention....Read...
View ArticleSuccessful Socialization
Being new to the game industry can make trade shows brutal if you're jumping into the deep end for the first time.I've written a guide to getting started, thanks to an excellent talk by writer Mary...
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Review: Shadowrun Returns: Dragonfall
I played through Shadowrun Returns as soon as it was available last year, and told you what I thought of it. (Very good!)Truth be told, I was a bit wary about the DLC, Dragonfall...Read Full Post
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Introduction to 3D printing for promotion and prototyping
It's time to take a look at an analog-space technique for working with game assets.In this series, we're going to look at using 3D game assets as a promotional tool, as well as for prototyping...
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