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How my 9 months old daughter taught me community management
How my 9 months old daughter taught me community management
Your personal life can sometimes make you realize your daily job is truly wonderful. I've been a community manager for years, but my sweet daughter made me understand how important it is to keep your sills to their highest standards.
March 21, 2016
Video: Historian talks with linguists behind Far Cry Primal languages
Video: Historian talks with linguists behind Far Cry Primal languages
John Harney from History Respawned talks with linguistic experts Andrew Byrd and Brenna Reinhart Byrd about their work on the languages used in Far Cry Primal.
March 21, 2016
A n00b's guide to GDC, after the actual event
A n00b's guide to GDC, after the actual event
You can go to GDC for three things: to learn, to network or to exhibit. You can only pick one - the lesson this n00b learned the hard way!
March 21, 2016
An Aberration Living the Dream: A GDC 2016 Postmortem
An Aberration Living the Dream: A GDC 2016 Postmortem
I came to GDC for two distinct reasons and went home not just accomplishing my goals, but utterly crushing them with even more than I bargained for. Most of all, I left with the realization I am living the dream after all.
March 21, 2016
Satoshi Nakai developing art for InvaderGames in Italy
Satoshi Nakai developing art for InvaderGames in Italy
Resident Evil concept and character artist collaborating on new Italian survival horror - read an interview on his life in games! (Warning: article contains nudity)
March 21, 2016
Crowdfunding Failure
Crowdfunding Failure
How Failure failed on Kickstarter - A breakdown of our failings and what we have learnt from our failures.
March 21, 2016
Cyber warfare shows scary signs of where malware is headed
Cyber warfare shows scary signs of where malware is headed
06:34, Raleigh, North Carolina – You can probably guess what kind of blog post this is going to be if I’ve already fired up the Internet and am hunting for a
March 18, 2016
Watch Out Gamers: Steam Stealer malware is up and running
Watch Out Gamers: Steam Stealer malware is up and running
According to the researchers at Kaspersky Lab (pdf), Steam Stealer has provided a happy hunting ground for all malicious hackers. The low cost of Steam
March 18, 2016
GDC Highlights: Diablo, experimental gameplay, odd jobs and more!
GDC Highlights: Diablo, experimental gameplay, odd jobs and more!
And that's a wrap on GDC! We've got one last rundown on some of the big social topics during the show.
March 18, 2016
PlayStation VR launch bundle revealed, pre-orders starting Tuesday
PlayStation VR launch bundle revealed, pre-orders starting Tuesday
Sony has pulled back the curtain on a comprehensive PlayStation VR launch bundle, which will be available to pre-order at 7am PT on March 22.
March 18, 2016
Cliff Bleszinski's LawBreakers ditches distracting free-to-play model
Cliff Bleszinski's LawBreakers ditches distracting free-to-play model
"I think it took away from development. We ended up being focused on how to get money, as opposed to how to make a good game."
March 18, 2016
Epic's Sweeney just wants to sell Unreal Engine, as Amazon, Unity move to services
Epic's Sweeney just wants to sell Unreal Engine, as Amazon, Unity move to services
Unity has added analytics and advertisements, and Amazon's Lumberyard is free but tightly integrated with Amazon Web Services. Epic's Tim Sweeney says his company will focus on the engine.
March 18, 2016