November 2008
27 posts
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“The celebrity culture is infantilizing us. We are being trained not to think. It...”
– Roger Ebert, The Sun Times
Tech's Bleak Friday →
The economy may wreck Christmas, but some tech products are expected to sell well.
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“The ‘better sequel’ mentality is damaging both to the games industry...”
– Keith Stuart, The Guardian
A few folks in the videogame critics circle have risen up to address Mirror Edge’s review score disparity. It’s a hot topic among those in the trade—the idea that we’ve grown too obsessed with technical flaws to look at the bigger, brighter...
NYT: If You Liked This, Sure to Love That -... →
It all hinges on whether you can predict who will like and who will hate Napoleon Dynamite.
Designer Notes: The Case for Used Games →
The Verdict On Google SearchWiki →
Here’s what tech pundits say about the Internet giant’s new search editing feature.
Cooking Up A Blockbuster Game →
Research company EEDAR helps publishers and developers find the right ingredients.
Indie Game Developers Rise Up →
Digital distribution and Microsoft’s Community Games levels the game publishing field.
Forbes: Xbox 360 Tries to Woo the Masses →
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“Having a company send you a press release ten minutes before they put it on the...”
– The Real Dan Lyons, R.I.P. (As chronicled by The Standard).
What A CEO Will Cost Yahoo! →
What will the board have to promise someone to take the job?
Meta Data: Xbox →
Xbox 360 leverages social networking.
Microsoft Targets Indie Game Developers →
Software giant launches XNA Community Games development platform.
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Games are in the Kavalier Age
Against the din of assembled videogames industry folks and an aerial acrobatics show starring a prince with painted-on clothes I asked Ben Mattes what Age it was. While historians like to assign Ages and Eras to periods of time long passed, I wanted Mattes to predict how we’d look back on this stage of game design. Was it the Golden Age? The Renaissance?
Mattes, who was slumped in a...
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Games Without Frontiers: Victory in Vomit — The... →
There are many detractor’s of Mirror’s Edge. It has fallen victim to the hype cycle — folks picking at nits because the title isn’t the second coming of David Belle. But while Mirror’s Edge may stumble in a few places, I think most are missing the big picture. The awe and wonderment at your own abilities that few games manage to muster. As Clive Thompson says,...
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“The media now is like a city with a high murder rate, where people get shot dead...”
– http://gawker.com/5087604/the-weariness-of-layoffs
Chronological Housekeeping
Note: To the few people who are subscribing/reading via thechronliar.com/word/ (which I don’t think even updates anymore), the URL for Musings has moved to chronologicaliar.com.
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Clint Hocking Can't Shut Up: Part Two
Refer to Ground Zero.
Me: Why Africa?
Clint Hocking, creative director, Ubisoft:The main reason is Far Cry is a brand that’s all about going to places you haven’t seen before. It’s about places where you can feel really displaced, where you can feel really out of your element.
What themes were you hoping to explore with Far Cry 2?
What was important to me was to explore...
Social Games Jump To iPhone →
Mark Pincus is making social games mobile with “Live Poker” for the iPhone.
The undead should never be allowed to run →
Simon Pegg blames Michael Jackson for destroying zombies everywhere
EA Takes On 'Wii Fit' →
The game publisher plans to launch EA Sports Active in March.
Recession-Proof Wii →
Demand for the game console is still strong despite the down economy.
A Brand New 'Whirled' →
“Puzzle Pirates” creator’s new hybrid social network, virtual world and game platform.
'Faith' Saves The Day →
How videogames are (finally!) turning to women heroines.
In Pictures: Top 10 Games Starring Female... →
Female characters are becoming more important as more women play games.
Fighting Pirates →
Todd Hollenshead remembers how eager he felt to show off id Software’s latest version of “Doom” to an assembly of journalists gathered in Hong Kong 10 days before the game’s official launch. It was 2004—a decade had passed since “Doom II” hit store shelves—and the new PC game was crammed with visceral demon-slaying mayhem.
Then he got a virtual jab...