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Will Wright Keynote Article

By Maarten Goldstein, Mar 25, 2006 7:10am PST

Will Wright and Spore is IGN's recap of the game designer's keynote address at GDC. Nothing new was shown, but Wright did talk about his...

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"I have a newfound respect for Will Wright after reading his editorial in the current issue of ..."

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FiringSquad GDC Report

By Maarten Goldstein, Mar 24, 2006 5:33am PST

Another GDC report is up at FiringSquad, offering brief thoughts on Will Wright's keynote address, the Crysis video, SiN Episodes and the Novint...

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Late Night Consoling

By Chris Remo, Mar 23, 2006 8:00pm PST

Satoru Iwata delivered the Nintendo keynote today, and as I expected there wasn't all too much about Revolution. However, towards the end of the...

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"It's definitely a separate game, but who knows, it might be included with Phantom Hourglass. My ..."

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The New EA?

By Chris Remo, Mar 20, 2006 12:20pm PST

Electronic Arts, like many other game publishers over the last year, has been seeing falling profits. Last month it announced a 31% drop in...

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"Piracy has been around long before bittorrent you realize right? Not to mention bittorrent is ..."

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Sunday Evening New Releases and ShackReviews

By Chris Remo, Mar 19, 2006 3:55pm PST

Hey, a new release explosion this week. There's some game called Oblivion coming out, I think a few of you might be interested in that. I've seen...

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"I just started single player, so I don't know about that. But I agree with the glasses. All of ..."

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Late Night Consoling

By Chris Remo, Feb 28, 2006 8:00pm PST

You know, I haven't been looking forward to The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess (GCN) all that much. Sure, it's a Zelda game, and it's...

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"I think when Miyamoto said that, he didn't mean he's the director, he means he's the final word ..."

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Will Wright Talks it Up at GDC

By Chris Remo, Feb 13, 2006 12:18pm PST

CMP Media just sent out word that pioneering game designer Will Wright will be delivering a keynote address at this year's Game Developers...

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"He's responsible for the only good filmed star trek stuff made in the last 10 years. "

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Wright and Allard: You Make the Game

By Chris Remo, Feb 03, 2006 3:30pm PST

Famed game designer Will Wright and Microsoft exec J Allard spoke at The Entertainment Gathering conference in Los Angeles about the role of user...

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""Allard told ... of meeting a ... 13-year-old inner-city child ... and introducing him to ... ..."

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Down With Cutscenes

By Chris Remo, Jan 20, 2006 4:45pm PST

David A. Rodriguez, a game designer at High Voltage Software who has worked on several of the Hunter titles, has posted a rant on the presence of...

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"Can't imagine a Legacy of Cain game without cutscenes , in fact theyre about the only reason ..."

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Innovation and EA

By Chris Remo, Dec 23, 2005 11:00am PST

As the second part in a series started Wednesday, GameSpot has put up a lengthy editorial discussing innovation in games as it relates to...

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"No, I'm not expecting innovation. I'm just pointing out that Blizzard isn't really innovative, ..."

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Evening Reading

By Steve Gibson, Nov 16, 2005 6:00pm PST

Well I really enjoyed the article format for that Will Wright interview. I do believe I'll nudge Chris towards more stuff like that. Oh and more TV...

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"Unfortunately, the guys this was aimed at spent the entire class period playing World of ..."

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Will Wright Feature Interview

By Chris Remo, Nov 15, 2005 10:00pm PST

Still damp from the rain outside, I sat quietly in a San Francisco bookstore along with game industry professionals, fellow journalists, and...

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"I find the shack is best viewed in a tall skinny window because it makes for much easier to read ..."

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Richard Garriott Joins Gaming Hall of Fame

By Chris Remo, Nov 10, 2005 2:30pm PST

Richard Garriott, of course renowned for his pioneering Ultima series, will be the next inductee into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences'...

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"i would find some way to get to austin for a Lort Brittish shackmeet."

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Warren Spector Explains Himself

By Chris Remo, Nov 09, 2005 2:15pm PST

Designer Warren Spector, probably best known as the designer of Deus Ex (PC), made something of a stir with a keynote given at the recent Montreal...

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"No sense getting bent out of shape over the term "murder simulator." It describes 90% of ..."

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Late Night Consoling

By Chris Remo, Oct 25, 2005 8:00pm PDT

I previewed Tony Hawk's American Sk8land (DS) today, check it out if you so desire. On a whim, I picked up F.E.A.R. today with some store credit....

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"yeah that was hilarious. It was just painfull to watch him bash the Revolution controller when ..."

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