Notes from the First Artificial Intelligence Conference
The first Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE) conference took place in LA last week but not much was heard of the...
READ MORE >Late Night Consoling
As soon as I heard of Nintendo's idea of "three pillars," stating that the Nintendo DS would not replace the Game Boy Advance but reside alongside...
READ MORE >"Done and done! I'll do anything for a beta copy of Spore... hear that Will? ANYTHING!"
see all 83 commentsWill Wright's Spore
1UP has a story about Will Wright's keynote address at GDC today, which he used to show off his latest game: Spore. In this sim you start as an...
READ MORE >"It's publishers who share your soul that will be the end of this game."
see all 44 commentsThe Mod Squad
Well here's your lengthy article to read for the day. Popular Science of all places has a great piece looking at the whole 'mod making' thingie for...
READ MORE >"people don't have enough free time to make an entire game from scratch and keep up with todays ..."
see all 58 commentsMMORPG Overload
The Salon.com article Showdown in cyberspace: Star Wars vs. The Sims (thanks HomeLAN Fed) looks at the massively multiplayer online game genre and...
READ MORE >"The article has some great points regarding the hack and slash levelling atmosphere of all ..."
see all 27 commentsTriumph of the mod
Salon has a lengthy interesting piece called "Triump of the mod" talking with folks from Valve Software and developers of Day of Defeat...
READ MORE >"Two reactions: When Steam officially launches this summer (80,000 gamers are already enjoying ..."
see all 27 commentsSimUniverse?
More SimStuff tonight...the new issue of WIRED Magazine features a brief bit from Will Wright in their "Readme" section, where the creator of The...
READ MORE >" Hell yeah! Or SimRapist. Why is it fine for us to play games killing the shit out of each other ..."
see all 30 commentsEvening Reading
Crazy ER time! Because we all know how subdued ER is otherwise. So we're just going all out! Can you feel that crazy excitement? No? Oh :~( -...
READ MORE >"Superbowl Food - Course number one: Roast Duck with black cherry sauce. What about you?"
see all 3145 commentsGame Physics Article
Smash Hits is the name of an article at Wired that talks about how developers are using advanced physics in their games. The article is pretty...
READ MORE >"I sent in about this item when it came to my house months ago. Steve and Maarten didn't catch it."
see all 77 commentsThe Sims Online preview
"This game isn't about killing" (... and the majority left the room), said Will Wright, creator of "The Sims" when he announced "The Sims Online"....
READ MORE >" yeah right, I wish I could get proceeds just for saying 5 bucks isn't much. that'd be an easy job."
see all 54 commentsMore from GDC
Computer Games Online have some more GDC impressions up, with them talking about Will Wright, the Xbox, the engine for Asherons Call 2 and the...
READ MORE >Boobies & Robots
An interesting article over on RedHerring asks the simple question, How to design a blockbuster game? (Thanks BluesNews) Obviously Boobies and...
READ MORE >" I wonder how many more copies would have sold if there had been a few boobies in the game... =)"
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"I once debated Chris Crawford via email. He was mean to me. :("
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