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Tapping VR's potential for putting you into an experience
Tapping VR's potential for putting you into an experience
"Two years from now, I guarantee you’ll be standing in the middle of the Boston Marathon bombing aftermath, instead of watching it on TV."
May 21, 2015
NES creator signs on to help The Strong chronicle video game history
NES creator signs on to help The Strong chronicle video game history
The Strong Museum of Play is teaming up with Japan's Ritsumeikan University and ex-Nintendo hardware guru Masayuki Uemara to better preserve and exhibit the history of the video game industry.
May 21, 2015
Little Links, Big Headaches
Little Links, Big Headaches
This post was authored by Earl Carter & Jaeson Schultz. Talos is always fascinated by the endless creativity of those who send spam. Miscreants who
May 20, 2015
Three Things I Learned at the OpenStack Summit – Day Two
Three Things I Learned at the OpenStack Summit – Day Two
Your love of OpenStack is not enough. You’ve had your “Aha moment.” You get the OpenStack value proposition. You’ve listened to other customers talk about
May 20, 2015
Yes, a New Cisco.com Home Page
Yes, a New Cisco.com Home Page
We’ve updated the design of the Cisco.com home page. Not just because we wanted to, but for you. Here’s a point by point overview, starting with the
May 20, 2015
Get a job: HTC seeks a VR developer evangelist
Get a job: HTC seeks a VR developer evangelist
HTC, makers of the Vive VR headset in partnership with Valve, are seeking a dev evangelist to "provide the technical knowledge, tools, and resources necessary" for VR game devs.
May 20, 2015
PSA: European Innovative Games Showcase submissions close this Friday
PSA: European Innovative Games Showcase submissions close this Friday
GDC Europe 2015 officials are still seeking submissions to the 2nd annual European Innovative Games Showcase at the Cologne, Germany show this August. You still have time!
May 20, 2015
Creating the 'right' kind of player in the weird FPS Sub Rosa
Creating the 'right' kind of player in the weird FPS Sub Rosa
We talk to Cryptic Sea's Alex Austin, about developing Sub Rosa to encourage players not to shoot each other, even though they have automatic weapons and cool suits.
May 20, 2015
How Tim Schafer thinks about games
How Tim Schafer thinks about games
"Video games are ... a personal perspective on the world that’s consistent within that world. ... Someone really dug deep into their own mind to pull out something personal to say in a game."
May 20, 2015
Core Labs Game Accelerator looking to mentor and fund indie devs
Core Labs Game Accelerator looking to mentor and fund indie devs
Most accelerators aim at pure app startups or at casual, mobile studios -- but the Core Game Accelerator wants to give you money to make a "core" game.
May 20, 2015
Modo maker The Foundry changes hands, to the tune of $312 million
Modo maker The Foundry changes hands, to the tune of $312 million
UK-based creator of popular art tools has a majority investor -- private equity company HgCapital.
May 20, 2015
Velvet Sundown studio snapped up by British chat app company
Velvet Sundown studio snapped up by British chat app company
Velvet Sundown maker Tribe Studios has been acquired by British mobile messaging app company Palringo for an undisclosed sum, with the stated goal of porting Tribe's Dramagame engine tech to mobile.
May 20, 2015