This is the catch-all category for stuff about games and game design. It easily makes up the vast majority of the site’s content. If you are looking for something specific, I highly recommend looking into the tags used on the site instead. They can narrow down the hunt immensely.
Destructoid has the liveblog of the recent IGDA San Diego event on next-gen gaming. Interesting to see the responses from the journalists who comprised the panel, as the answers range over everything from graphics to “I’d like to see a love scene in a game.”
I surmise that the other folks on the MMOs Past Present and Future panel who disbelieved that media companies are coming into virtual worlds in a big way also probably discount the toy companies. Well, as QBlog points out, they shouldn’t.
This is neat: this site promotes indie developers by giving away a downloadable game each day; the game is only available for one day, and before and after, you have to buy it. Link: Game Giveaway of the Day.
Richard Bartle reports that
Today’s issue of The Times [London] contains an 8-page pull-out about World of Warcraft, plus a cover disc giving a free account capped at level 20.
The Times! Such august territory was once reserved for the likes of department store catalogs and flyers for electronics sales!
The Wall Street Journal has a good article entitled QQ: China’s New Coin of the Realm?
I have been tracking the QQ currency for a few years now — but I don’t think too many here in the West have paid much attention. So go read!
