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Best of GameSetWatch: From Dhalsim Dollars To Pixelgalaxy
Best of GameSetWatch: From Dhalsim Dollars To Pixelgalaxy
Gamasutra's alt video game blog GameSetWatch, rounds up this week's offbeat news, including a book project dedicated to the Game Boy and its lofi graphics, bills for fake video game currencies, an awesome Solitai
Aug. 24, 2011
Opinion: Making The Most Of A Sucky Game
Opinion: Making The Most Of A Sucky Game
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday-opinion piece, SRS Labs applications manager and Sony Online Entertainment veteran Matt Yaney shares a couple examples for how you can make the most of a sucky or frustrating game.
Aug. 24, 2011
Epic's Free UDK Updates With Movie Capture, Adaptive Tessellation
Epic's Free UDK Updates With Movie Capture, Adaptive Tessellation
The latest beta release of Epic's free Unreal Development Kit was released Wednesday, with new features that include a movie capturing suite, adaptive tessellation, material functions and more.
Aug. 24, 2011
Apple Co-Founder And CEO Steve Jobs Resigns
Apple Co-Founder And CEO Steve Jobs Resigns
Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs on Wednesday announced his resignation from his position of 14 years in an open letter, saying that he could no longer meet his duties. COO Tim Cook will take his place.
Aug. 24, 2011
Eliss Author's Latest, Faraway, Gets Indie Fund Backing
Eliss Author's Latest, Faraway, Gets Indie Fund Backing
The fifth game to be financially backed by the collection of independent game makers at the Indie Fund will be Steph Thirion's Faraway, a celestial-themed iOS title.
Aug. 24, 2011
Partnership Expands Zynga Game Card Distribution Across Europe
Partnership Expands Zynga Game Card Distribution Across Europe
A new partnership with Europe's epay will see Zynga's physical Game Cards distributed to locations in 18 regions across Europe, expanding Zynga's retail presence to new areas that include Spain and Germany.
Aug. 24, 2011
GameCareerGuide: Literature Challenge Ends As Single-Button Challenge Begins
GameCareerGuide: Literature Challenge Ends As Single-Button Challenge Begins
Gamasutra sister site GameCareerGuide has posted the results of a challenge posed to its readers -- to create a game based on a favorite book -- while also beginning a n
Aug. 24, 2011
Interview: Sakamoto's Record-Breaking Echochrome II Soundtrack
Interview: Sakamoto's Record-Breaking Echochrome II Soundtrack
In this interview, noted video game composer Hideki Sakamoto talks with Gamasutra about his work on Echochrome II, which has a Guinness World Record for the longest single game soundtrack composition.
Aug. 24, 2011
Feature: Finding Success Through Open Source Game Development
Feature: Finding Success Through Open Source Game Development
In a new Gamasutra feature, contributor Michael Thomsen looks at the sometimes surprising direction game development can take once its opened up to a group of excite
Aug. 24, 2011
First root malware arrives for Android devices
First root malware arrives for Android devices
Researchers with the Department of Computer Science at North Carolina State University claim to have spotted the first rookit malware – DroidKungFu – that affects Android devices.
Aug. 24, 2011
RBS pay leak reveals £2000 a day IT contractors
RBS pay leak reveals £2000 a day IT contractors
A blunder by recruitment company Hays has revealed that some IT contractors at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) earn as much as £2000 per day.
Aug. 24, 2011
Google continues with Chrome security repairs, fixing 11 bugs
Google continues with Chrome security repairs, fixing 11 bugs
Google has fixed 11 security flaws in its Chrome 13 browser, doling out $8,837 to researchers in the process, far short of its record $17,000 earlier this year.
Aug. 24, 2011