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South Korea's Shutdown Law Goes Into Effect
South Korea's Shutdown Law Goes Into Effect
South Korea's recently passed Shutdown Law went into effect on November 20, and now requires online games to block children aged under 16 from playing during a late-night six-hour block.
Nov. 23, 2011
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Streamlining To American Ethnocentrism
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Streamlining To American Ethnocentrism
In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our bloggers write about diverse topics, such as streamlining mechanics in Skyrim and Battlefield 3, the "American ethnocentrism in video games", and m
Nov. 23, 2011
Best of GameSetWatch: From Ghana's Devil May Cry To Custom Skylanders
Best of GameSetWatch: From Ghana's Devil May Cry To Custom Skylanders
Gamasutra's alt video game blog GameSetWatch rounds up this week's offbeat news, including Ghana's Devil May Cry film, custom articulated Skylanders figures, and Skyrim without textures.
Nov. 23, 2011
Opinion: Parallel Implementations
Opinion: Parallel Implementations
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday-opinion piece, id Software co-founder John Carmack explains why he implements new ideas in parallel with the old ones, instead of mutating existing code.
Nov. 23, 2011
Unlimited Detail Engine Creator Champions Voxels, Dispels Criticism
Unlimited Detail Engine Creator Champions Voxels, Dispels Criticism
Euclideon CEO Bruce Dell defends criticism against the fantastic claims of his voxel based Unlimited Detail tech from such notable industry figures as John Carmack and Markus "Notch" Persson.
Nov. 23, 2011
Dimensions Augments Reality Purely Through Sound
Dimensions Augments Reality Purely Through Sound
Gamasutra speaks to RJDJ's Michael Breidenbruecker, former last.fm co-founder, about Dimensions, an upcoming app that uses augmented sound to create a location-based gaming experience.
Nov. 23, 2011
The Many Career Paths Of Classic Game Designers
The Many Career Paths Of Classic Game Designers
Gamasutra's latest feature examines the later career arcs of classic game designers including John Carmack and Richard Garriott since they first made their mark
Nov. 23, 2011
Prolexic mitigates world's largest packet-per-second DDoS attack
Prolexic mitigates world's largest packet-per-second DDoS attack
Prolexic Technologies claims that it has successfully mitigated what it claims was the world's largest DDoS attack in packets-per-second (PPS) terms - 69 million packets-per-second and with an amazing 45 Gbps of traffic.
Nov. 23, 2011
Lieberman Software president warns on silent update feature being developed for Firefox 10
Lieberman Software president warns on silent update feature being developed for Firefox 10
Mozilla is reported to be making inroads on adding a silent update mechanism to its popular Firefox desktop web browse, and plans to integrate the new service into Firefox 10 early next year, although this timeframe may slip a few months, the open source organization says.
Nov. 23, 2011
This Week In Video Game Criticism: From Kotaku To Content Degradation
This Week In Video Game Criticism: From Kotaku To Content Degradation
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics including Kotaku's recent defense of its content, content degradation in _Modern Warfare 3<
Nov. 22, 2011
Opinion: Talkback Games
Opinion: Talkback Games
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday-opinion piece, Grapefruit Games' Eddie Cameron compares video games with talk radio, and what developers can do to avoid the flaws of that medium.
Nov. 22, 2011
Best of iOS News: From Minecraft to Superman
Best of iOS News: From Minecraft to Superman
Gamasutra rounds up the latest news in the world of App Store gaming, featuring standout releases like Minecraft: Pocket Edition, Superman, Age of Zombies Anniversary, and The Show Must Go On.
Nov. 22, 2011