On April 1, 2011, I was invited by UC Berkeley’s Computer Science Undergraduate Association to come give a speech. This was pretty interesting because that’s where I went to school, and I was once a member of the CSUA. I approached it this way: if I were going back to speak to my undergraduate self, what would I say to help him be most effective at making video games, programming-wise?
http://the-witness.net/news/2011/06/how-to-program-independent-games/
Tagged with development games
Games perpetually revolutionize computer use toward denser interaction with the human mind. To do that, they perpetually revolutionize themselves. Understanding the next frontiers of the genre is one way to understand where society is going.
In this talk Jesse Schell explores the social, cognitive, and technological trends in computer game design and use.
Jesse Schell is the CEO of Schell Games, the author of the authoritative text, The Art of Game Design: A book of lenses, and a Professor of Entertainment Technology at Carnegie Mellon, specializing in Game Design. At Walt Disney, he was Creative Director of the Imagineering VR Studio. Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Location: San Francisco, CA, Novellus Theater, Long Now Foundation Program and discussion: http://fora.tv/2010/07/27/Jesse_Schell_Visions_of_the_Gamepocalypse
Penny Arcade is a popular webcomic that has spawned an excellent documentary series, online at http://www.penny-arcade.com/patv/
A couple years ago, creators Jerry and Mike did an audio podcast, revealing their writing process. In this episode, they discuss the possibility of a reality show based on what they do. That discussion begins at about 10 minutes 30 seconds in.
The comic they end up writing in this episode: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/3/18/
Original podcast feed: http://www.penny-arcade.com/padlc.xml
This week we sit down with John Sharp, professor at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), to talk about his switch from art historian to game academic. Along the way we talk about the strange provincialism of game enthusiasts, what makes a game ‘good’, and the upcoming Art History of Games conference, which John organized along with Ian Bogost and Michael Nitsche.
In our premiere episode for Tor.com, your hosts John Joseph Adams and David Barr Kirtley take on zombies and the apocalypse in video games, popular culture, and literature. They discuss Valve Software’s history of story-focused video games and interview Chet Faliszek, lead writer for Left 4 Dead 2, then discuss their own strategies for surviving the coming zombie apocalypse, and give their opinions of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road.
OK So, technically it’s the third one we’ve put together, and even more technically it’s about the 13th, but Marek and myself have just published our second Idle Thumbs podcast. The first 30-40 minutes or so involve a big old conversation about MMOs, discussing WoW, Planetside, Ragnarok Online and Eve amongst others. After a break we are joined by my girlfriend Rusalka to discuss Pokémon and MGS 4, and the final segment involves us pitching some game stupid ideas to our good friends Ben and Lawrence, both of who work within the Games Industry.
From: http://roflopolis.com/roflopolis/article/idle_thumbs_uk_podcast_2_conversation_killer/
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Robert Ashley visits a cosplay enthusiast, talks to the founder of an art show about videogames, discovers the strange world of fan fiction radio plays, and profiles a self-taught computer chip designer racecar driver/roller derby bruiser.
From: http://alifewellwasted.com/2009/08/31/episode-four-artists-fans-engineers/
Robert Ashley wonders why he spends his free time playing videogames, asks random people on the street about it, talks to a researcher whose work attempts to harness the brain power wasted on gaming, gets to know an eccentric, forward-thinking game designer who lives sustainably with his family of four on $14,000 a year, and gets a first-hand account of what it’s like to work on terrible games (and what it’s like to get terrible reviews) from an anonymous game developer.
Tagged with gaming video games
Ian Livingstone of EIDOS remains tight-lipped about the next Tomb Raider game starring Lara Croft. Also, discussion with the games legends behind Elite, GTA 1 and 2, Lemmings and Lego Star Wars and Batman.
With the launch of iPhone 3G and the App Store, Apple has created a marketplace for developers to innovate with native applications. One of the greatest successes has been with gaming and entertainment titles, and even Apple has been marketing iPhone as a portable gaming device. Will iPhone and iPod touch rival the dominance of Nintendo DS and Sony PSP? Hear from gaming experts who have embraced iPhone as the new gaming platform.