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Koster: Why games teach lessons we shouldn't always heed
Koster: Why games teach lessons we shouldn't always heed
In his packed GDC China keynote in Shanghai, author and online game veteran Raph Koster gave a stirring discussion on the nature of games, philosophizing: "Games are more like an algorithm than anything else."
Nov. 17, 2012
GDC China: Why audio-visual quality matters in F2P mobile
GDC China: Why audio-visual quality matters in F2P mobile
Would a "crappy looking 2D horse in a crappy looking field" have tanked NaturalMotion Games' My Horse? At GDC China, the firm explained why it thinks audiovisual fidelity is vital for differentiating in F2P mobile.
Nov. 17, 2012
GDC China: Metrics are important, says PopCap, but fun is paramount
GDC China: Metrics are important, says PopCap, but fun is paramount
Where does Bejeweled Blitz come down on the now-classic argument of metrics vs intuition? Companies should be metrics-focused, not metrics-driven, says PopCap's Constantabile in this GDC China talk.
Nov. 17, 2012
Sugar Cube highlights this week's Best of Indie Games
Sugar Cube highlights this week's Best of Indie Games
Sister site IndieGames.com looks at the top PC Flash/downloadable indie titles released over the past week, including the upgraded commercial edition of Turtle Cream's IGF China 2010-winning title Sugar Cube.
Nov. 16, 2012
Get a job: Battlecry Studios and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board
Get a job: Battlecry Studios and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at Battlecry Studios, BioWare Austin, TimeGate Studios, and others.
Nov. 16, 2012
Analysts chime in on Wii U's mid-term forecast
Analysts chime in on Wii U's mid-term forecast
What happens when Santa returns to the North Pole and the first wave of consumer fanaticism for the Wii U has started to calm down? That's when Nintendo's new system will really be put to the test.
Nov. 16, 2012
Europa and a series of rather fortunate events
Europa and a series of rather fortunate events
Indie dev Tom Jackson made a video of his work-in-progress, sci-fi shooter to show his mom, and uploaded it to Reddit on a lark. Now he has a large following and a newfound belief that he's making something special.
Nov. 16, 2012
Video: The best ways to integrate YouTube into your mobile game
Video: The best ways to integrate YouTube into your mobile game
In this free video from GDC Online 2012 in Austin, Google's Jarek Wilkiewicz and Black Box Interactive's Coby Cotton show effective examples and best practices for integrating YouTube into mobile games.
Nov. 16, 2012
Your game industry in your words, week of November 16
Your game industry in your words, week of November 16
Gamasutra highlights choice quotes from industry figures from the past week, including EA DICE's Karl-Magnus Troedsson, 343 Industries' Gabriel Garza, and many others in this weekly roundup.
Nov. 16, 2012
Facebook hoping to make games more social with new Groups beta
Facebook hoping to make games more social with new Groups beta
Facebook has launched its App and Game Groups beta, which allows developers to create Groups within their games or apps so Facebook friends -- and non-friends -- can connect around a specific app activity.
Nov. 16, 2012
The challenge of developing for Wii U? The GamePad
The challenge of developing for Wii U? The GamePad
Developers tell Gamasutra that working with the Wii U's touchscreen controller has been a challenge of making games for the console -- not least because players aren't sure where to focus.
Nov. 16, 2012
Opera users urged to check for malware
Opera users urged to check for malware
Browsers come ready-configured with their own start-up home page; but the default Opera home page (portal.opera.com) was compromised with an obfuscated redirect leading to the blackhole exploit kit.
Nov. 16, 2012