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Brutally Unfair Game Bash at Babycastles!
Are you going to be in NYC on Saturday evening, October 2? Join us for a “Brutally Unfair Game Bash” at Babycastles in Queens!: (Higher res version here). We’ve planned the event together with our friend, NYC-based game artist Zach Gage. I’m very happy to announce that both Katherine Isbister and Frank Lantz are going…
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Weekly Music Tip: C-Beams
Sick! It’s gotta be a Blade Runner reference, right? It’s been a strong year for Pariah. I also really like the Detroit Falls/Orpheus record from earlier in the year.
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Against the myth of the lone genius
Check out this fun article in Slate questioning the myth of the lone genius (also known as the “auteur”). Money quote: The shift in understanding creativity is well underway. The stereotypes of miraculous breakthrough moments—and the incessant drive to locate them in the head of epic individuals—are slowly yielding to a portrait of complex, meandering,…
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Weekly Music Tip: From Zelda to Boom Bip
This week, an oldie-but-a-goodie: Maybe you recognized the strings melody sample? It’s from the Zelda 2 main theme! Specifically, it’s from this orchestral cover (~1:52): I’ll resist making the obligatory “I AM ERROR” joke here. But goddamn that game was difficult! My friend Jon and I re-visited and beat the game the summer after high…
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GameByOne
New blog alert! Our close friend (and collaborator) Benedikte, a graphic designer at Duck and Cover Games, is teaching herself to program iPhone/iPad games all by herself. Very impressive! Follow her struggles and triumphs at her new blog, here. There are some good tips and inspiration in there for those of you who are aspiring…
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Master TF2 Spy
Best gaming video I’ve seen in a long time: Maybe this technique is old news to you, but I’ve always been terrible at playing the spy, so watching so smooth an operator is such a joy. Team Fortress 2 is such a work of art. And these kinds of master players are clearly artists themselves.…
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Weekly Music Tip: Hajnal2
Venetian Snares, aka Aaron Funk, back with a twisted sequel to his wicked breakcore epic, “Hajnal.” Fuck yeah!
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Post-IndieCade Camping Trip!
[singlepic id=339 w=500 h=333 float=] What: Camping trip w/ the Copenhagen Game Collective! When: October 11-12, right after IndieCade 2010 Where: Channel Islands National Park Why: Why not?!?! ———————— Hello fellow indies! Are you going to IndieCade this year? A big crew of us from the Copenhagen Game Collective are flying out all the way…
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B.U.T.T.O.N. at IndieCade 2010!
[singlepic id=340 w=500 h=375 float=] The B.U.T.T.O.N. team (sans Nifflas, who lives up in Sweden). Yes, Nils’ baby is part of the crew! Wow! Our silly party game, B.U.T.T.O.N., has been chosen as one of the 32 finalist games at IndieCade 2010. The finalists include three games from Denmark, which makes our tiny little home…
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Erotic Game Tip: Sex in Games – Where Do We Draw the Line?
Today, Wednesday the 1st of September, I will be leading a public discussion in Copenhagen at a joint Women in Games and Game Design SIG meeting about sex in games. Here is a description of the theme of the discussion: Sex in Games – Where Do We Draw the Line? This summer the Danish political…