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Brenda Romero and Laura Fryer headline 'Flash Forward' at GDC 2015
Brenda Romero and Laura Fryer headline 'Flash Forward' at GDC 2015
GDC 2015 is coming up fast, and this year the popular 'Flash Forward' rapid-fire show opener will be emcee'd by game industry veterans Brenda Romero (Romero Games) and Laura Fryer (Oculus VR).
Feb. 11, 2015
Make time to attend the standout #1ReasonToBe panel at GDC 2015
Make time to attend the standout #1ReasonToBe panel at GDC 2015
GDC 2015 officials welcome the return of one of the conference’s most popular sessions: the #1ReasonToBe panel, a rapid, fun microtalk-style celebration and exploration of what it means to be a woman in games.
Feb. 11, 2015
Get a job: Blizzard is hiring an Art Director for Diablo III
Get a job: Blizzard is hiring an Art Director for Diablo III
Got some art chops and leadership experience? Blizzard is looking for someone like you to serve as an Art Director on Diablo III alongside the team in the company's Irvine, CA headquarters.
Feb. 11, 2015
See John Carmack discuss the dawn of mobile VR development at GDC
See John Carmack discuss the dawn of mobile VR development at GDC
John Carmack, CTO of Oculus VR and co-founder of id Software, will be speaking about "The Dawn of Mobile VR" for at least an hour and a half (and probably longer) at GDC 2015.
Feb. 11, 2015
Video: How you should harness your players as a QA resource
Video: How you should harness your players as a QA resource
Crowdsourcing researcher Jedrzej Czarnota details some advanced QA approaches as part of the GDC 2014 QA Summit, and offered developers practical advice on how and why to implement them.
Feb. 11, 2015
Game Design Deep Dive: The save system of Alien: Isolation
Game Design Deep Dive: The save system of Alien: Isolation
How going "old-school" with game saves -- they're manual! -- created a sorely-needed sense of tension in Creative Assembly's first-person horror-shooter Alien: Isolation.
Feb. 11, 2015
Multigigabit Switching Extends and Super-charges Your Access LAN’s Life
Multigigabit Switching Extends and Super-charges Your Access LAN’s Life
If the phrase “multigigabit switching” is not in your personal knowledge base yet, you are not alone - it’s very new. But going forward, you’ll hear a lot
Feb. 10, 2015
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for February 2015: 56 vulnerabilities fixed
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for February 2015: 56 vulnerabilities fixed
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for February 2015 has arrived.  This month’s round of security updates is large with Microsoft releasing 9 bulletins addressing
Feb. 10, 2015
MP-BGP eVPN control plane for VXLAN – SDN is growing up
MP-BGP eVPN control plane for VXLAN – SDN is growing up
We are all proud parents of our products as developers, much like our own children, we see them born, care and feed for them, watch them carefully as they
Feb. 10, 2015
Why having 'something to lose' helps you create better games
Why having 'something to lose' helps you create better games
At a recent festival in Belgium, Adriaan de Jongh talked about the recent closure of his studio -- and how a stable, comfortable environment for dev teams may actually inhibit risky, experimental work.
Feb. 10, 2015
Road to the IGF: Tender Claws' PRY
Road to the IGF: Tender Claws' PRY
Fans of interactive fiction have lots to be excited about with this year's IGF. We catch up with Tender Claws, creators of Excellence in Narrative nominee PRY, a storytelling game with a unique interface.
Feb. 10, 2015
Road to the IGF: Simogo's The Sailor's Dream
Road to the IGF: Simogo's The Sailor's Dream
It's Simogo's fourth year in the IGF awards, and this time we talk to the company's Simon Flesser about lonesome maritime mystery -- and Excellence in Audio nominee -- The Sailor's Dream.
Feb. 10, 2015