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ATM industry association issues anti-reverse engineering recommendations
ATM industry association issues anti-reverse engineering recommendations
The ATM industry association – the ATMIA – has published a best practice manual on cash machine security. And a new feature of its recommendations is for developers to help prevent reverse engineering of cash machine software.
Oct. 11, 2011
Ministry of Defence drops another Adobe PDF blunder; reveals radar defense secrets
Ministry of Defence drops another Adobe PDF blunder; reveals radar defense secrets
The UK's Ministry of Defence has once again demonstrated its lack of understanding of how Adobe PDF format files function as, according the Daily Star tabloid newspaper, anyone with a simple knowledge of page formatting can 'unblack' apparently censored data from a release on radar defense issues on its website.
Oct. 11, 2011
GDC Online: Using The 'Hand Of Fate' In Game Design
GDC Online: Using The 'Hand Of Fate' In Game Design
At a GDC Online presentation today, Telltale Games director of design Dave Grossman said designers should be careful not to use their authorial "hand of fate" too heavily or too lightly.
Oct. 10, 2011
GDC Online: Blizzard Writers, Designers Reflect On Great Gaming Moments
GDC Online: Blizzard Writers, Designers Reflect On Great Gaming Moments
At a fast and off-the-cuff GDC Online session, Blizzard designers and writers covered topics from their own great gaming moments to just how much fan chatter influences their internal decision-making.
Oct. 10, 2011
GDC Online: Blizzard Creative Boss Calls Writers 'Keepers Of The Flame'
GDC Online: Blizzard Creative Boss Calls Writers 'Keepers Of The Flame'
For Blizzard's Chris Metzen, successful storytelling "isn't about being the most unique in the world, or the best-written dialog in the world. To us it’s about heart, it’s about the engagement."
Oct. 10, 2011
GDC Online: Zipline Games' Moai Platform To Support Google Chrome
GDC Online: Zipline Games' Moai Platform To Support Google Chrome
Zipline Games has announced that its Moai development platform now supports Google's Native Client SDK, allowing developers to launch their games on Chrome as browser-based apps.
Oct. 10, 2011
Most Popular Facebook Games: Adventure World Surpasses FarmVille
Most Popular Facebook Games: Adventure World Surpasses FarmVille
Every other week, Gamasutra examines the most popular Facebook games, once again looking at Zynga's Adventure World, which has now overtaken FarmVille as the third biggest game on the site.
Oct. 10, 2011
Top Android Game Apps: Minecraft: Pocket Edition Ranks High In Debut Week
Top Android Game Apps: Minecraft: Pocket Edition Ranks High In Debut Week
Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free gaming applications on the Android Market as of today, with Minecraft: Pocket Edition, Cut the Rope, X Construction, and Fruit Ninja currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.
Oct. 10, 2011
Opinion: Reality is Borken* - How Do We Avoid The 'Workification' of Game Programming
Opinion: Reality is Borken* - How Do We Avoid The 'Workification' of Game Programming
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday-opinion piece, University of Wales' Mike Reddy looks at the challenges of promoting computer science in schools, and the danger of transforming something fun and creative into "min
Oct. 10, 2011
Release This: Forza Motorsport 4, Guardian Heroes Lead Console, Digital Lineup
Release This: Forza Motorsport 4, Guardian Heroes Lead Console, Digital Lineup
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list explores a week that brings Forza Motorsport 4 and Guardian Heroes to North America and Europe, while Japan gets Just Dance Wii and Super Scribblenauts.
Oct. 10, 2011
IndieCade: Canabalt's Adam Saltsman's Pursuit of the Infinite
IndieCade: Canabalt's Adam Saltsman's Pursuit of the Infinite
As part of IndieCade in Culver City, CA, Semi Secret Software's Adam Saltsman (Canabalt, Flixel, Gravity Hook) discussed his "exploration and pursuit of the infinite" through his game and game tool development.
Oct. 10, 2011
Mass Effect 3 To Include Series First Co-Op Multiplayer Mode
Mass Effect 3 To Include Series First Co-Op Multiplayer Mode
Bioware's Mass Effect 3 will be the first title in the series to feature a multiplayer mode, according to new magazine announcements. [UPDATE: Mode confirmed as co-op.]
Oct. 10, 2011