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Jesse Schell's search for the Shakespeare of video games
Jesse Schell's search for the Shakespeare of video games
What do video games need before we can have our own Shakespeare? The future of game narrative lies in building tech that will allow video games to "listen" to the player, says designer and evangelist Jesse Schell.
March 27, 2013
The business case for a diverse game character cast
The business case for a diverse game character cast
"Our audience is leaving us behind," says Microsoft Studios narrative designer Tom Abernathy in a session from the GDC Narrative Summit. Being inclusive doesn't just make better games, it makes better business sense.
March 27, 2013
Full Sail study attempts to shed light on Metacritic's weighting system
Full Sail study attempts to shed light on Metacritic's weighting system
The website Metacritic weights the scores of different video game critics and publications when calculating its aggregate 'metascore' for any particular title.
March 27, 2013
The relevancy of premium games in a F2P-dominated economy
The relevancy of premium games in a F2P-dominated economy
Capy co-founder and president Nathan Vella still makes premium games, like Critter Crunch and Sword & Sworcery, because he says there's still a place for them -- especially in niche genres where fans will pay
March 27, 2013
GDC 2013 Day 2: F2P problems and solutions
GDC 2013 Day 2: F2P problems and solutions
The second day of GDC 2013 included notable talks from QWOP developer Bennett Foddy on F2P problems, Kongregate COO Emily Greer on successful F2P strategies, and Subset Games on FTL's postmortem.
March 27, 2013
BioWare, Telltale, Revolution and important life lessons
BioWare, Telltale, Revolution and important life lessons
An introduction to One Life Left and Gamasutra's conference-capturing adventure, recorded live at a small gathering on Tuesday evening on the 34th floor of the Marriott Marquis.
March 27, 2013
FOX engine brings Kojima Productions one step closer to photo-reality
FOX engine brings Kojima Productions one step closer to photo-reality
At GDC 2013, Kojima Productions revealed Metal Gear Solid 5, showed off its photorealistic FOX engine, and confirmed a brand-new game development office in Los Angeles.
March 27, 2013
How can game music feel as meaningful as a live experience?
How can game music feel as meaningful as a live experience?
Games can do more with musical elements to prevent loss of intimacy that happens with looping tracks, argues Rich "Disasterpeace" Vreeland, who'd like more of live music's unpreditability in games.
March 27, 2013
Ministry of Justice consultation on compulsory DPA audits for NHS bodies
Ministry of Justice consultation on compulsory DPA audits for NHS bodies
The UK Ministry of Justice has issued a new consultation paper aimed at NHS data controllers asking for views on whether the ICO should be able to impose a data protection audit on NHS bodies without their consent.
March 26, 2013
Identifying individuals through mobile tracking
Identifying individuals through mobile tracking
A new report published in Nature's Scientific Reports section shows how the location data available from mobile devices can be used as a virtual fingerprint to identify individual people regardless of whether the data is 'anonymized'.
March 26, 2013
Trojans, RATs and Slovenian money gang involved in $2.5 million bank fraud
Trojans, RATs and Slovenian money gang involved in $2.5 million bank fraud
Slovenian Police have detained five citizens in a $2.5 million, highly targeted bank fraud campaign. The criminal group was found to be using 25 money mules to electronically transfer funds out of the accounts of smaller companies.
March 26, 2013
Cisco at HIMSS13 Recap
Cisco at HIMSS13 Recap
Now that HIMSS13 is behind us, we want to say thank you to everyone who attended the Sixth Annual Connected Health Summit and to all of our customers and
March 26, 2013