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I thought these three present opening Christmas videos were very interesting for very different reasons. Both for there similarities as well as their differences in approach and reactions. - Leroy Frederick

Harmless is an additive synthesizer doing subtractive synthesis. Its also only $9 (or more if whatever you think it's worth) & is pretty sweet! Works in FL Studio and any VST plugin enabled music software. (Windows only at time of writing) - Leroy Frederick

Tuesday Daily Feedly - Free Games for the Christmas, Ron Gilbert's on a new adventure, EA looking for a new home, Heavy Rain DLC, Loads of Devs in Canada and Castlevania 19 Disc OST. Get your plates, it's the feedly! - Leroy Frederick

The 'Only In Japan' Daily Feedly - Muscle bound Polar Bears, Muscle bound Pogo Jumping and Muscle bound Motorcycling. It's a strong one, it can only be Japan. - Leroy Frederick

It you ever wondered what it would be like to stay at hotel in Silent Hill or Alice in Wonderland, this is the place to go! ;) - Leroy Frederick

The Video Game Monologues - This is weird! - Leroy Frederick

Indie Game Developer Leroy 'The 1nteger' Frederick presents the Eternal Syndrome "Mostly, Daily, Feedly". Get your Game Development and Industry News from indie to AAA, mixed with in-house Game Dev Lab updates, biz related goodness, random cool stuff and some occasional commentary to boot. Well, that's the idea anyway! - Leroy Frederick

The Saboteur Offers Free DLC of Boobs on Day One or is it a nipple coupon? - Leroy Frederick

Bloody spammers!! - A little warning on smarter spam bots. - Leroy Frederick

On the fourth day of Christmas games round-ups... It's time for DS and PSP favourites. It's the fourth day of our festive games-buying round-up which has already guided you toward the best PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii games of the season. Now it's the turn of the handheld formats, and as this is a somewhat traditional retail guide, I'll be concentrating on the DS and PSP rather than mobile or iPhone games (they're difficult to wrap up and put under the tree). I won't be placing these in order of preference as there's two formats involved and it just becomes completely arbitrary. Oh, and these are UK releases from the last few months - we wanted the games to be timely yet easily accessible to any relative who ends up having to buy one of these for you. Anyway, enough of the preamble, here's my selection... DS titles Mario and Luigi: Bowser's inside Story (AlphaDream, Nintendo) This is the one where Mario and Luigi have to fight, jump and puzzle their way through the interior of reformed... - Leroy Frederick

Majority of workforce gone, though the Australian studio has not closed - Leroy Frederick

Um, I guess the spell effects are kind of nice. - Leroy Frederick

Getjar boss Ilja Laurs has predicted that at least 90% of mobile app stores will fail in the next 12-18 months, even as the successful stores dramatically change the mobile entertainment market. - Leroy Frederick

Five and a half years since it first hit European retail shelves, Sony has confirmed that total worldwide sales of its SingStar series have now passed the 20m units barrier. - Leroy Frederick

Finnish company Ball-It has released a soft, spherical gaming device known as the Blobo. Described in promotional materials as a console, the interactive ball apparently presents a challenge to the Nintendo Wii. - Leroy Frederick

French developer Ankama has now released the 2.0 update to its Dofus MMO. Purported to be one of the world's top-five online games, Dofus already courts the affection of some 25 million players. - Leroy Frederick

Cash prize competition marks Samsung's aim to steal Apple's thunder - Leroy Frederick

Majority of developers foresee a digital-only era, but few agree on when that will come - Leroy Frederick

Traveller's Tales' Jon Burton foresees the end of physical media for games - Leroy Frederick

To me, anyway The original Mass Effect had its problems - loading times, graphical glitches - but was still a masterful RPG. It was a game that effortlessly sucked you into its inter-planetary sci-fi storyline and made you actually care about the characters and not just the weapon or ability they added to the party. The stunning facial animations helped here - way more impressive than Bioware's other recent title, Dragon Age - as did the script. And don't get me started on the fantastic Blade Runner/Vangelis-inspired soundtrack. So you could say I am just a little bit excited about Mass Effect 2. The sequel launches on January 31st and the hype is building up nicely. The developer Bioware is promising better combat and - hurrah! - more varied and meaningful side missions... We made a few changes to the way you navigate the Normandy so you get a better sense of exploration, you actually move the position of the Normandy versus moving a crosshair for where you want to go. You have fuel... - Leroy Frederick

Namco Bandai's bizarre bodybuilding WiiWare action game confirmed for international release this winter. - Leroy Frederick

New Super Mario Bros. Wii knocks out Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 from the top spot, while Assassin's Creed II makes it to second and third place. - Leroy Frederick

Publisher says cliff-hangers in upcoming game's single-player campaign will be picked up in downloadable content, ultimately leading to a full sequel. - Leroy Frederick

The Hollywood Reporter says Keith Arem will write, direct action thriller about mysterious epidemic; companion graphic novel also planned. - Leroy Frederick

Yep, doesn't surprise me in the slightest, evony's middle name is dodgy what with the crappy porn ads, ad spamming and other wonderful business practices :S - Leroy Frederick

The freemium model takes another 'Epic' step! I said this after unity gave it's base engine free, although I didn't expect another one so quickly! 3d Modelling software will follow suit, especially if Blender 2.5 works as good as it looks. Not much excuses left devs, watch this space! - Leroy Frederick

Wow, these Facebook games are starting to look awfully familiar :S - Leroy Frederick

indievision acts as an international voice for the small developer â€" we are here to help promote the interests of indie development studios, and to provide information, advice & contacts essential for running a successful studio. - Leroy Frederick

Andrew Carr shows us how to use FL Studio in this video tutorial series. Running through everything from using the step sequencer in FL Studio, to importing loops into FL Studio. We look at the piano roll, using the MIDI interface and much more. Then, when our musical masterwork is complete, we discover how to export MP3 and WAV files from FL Studio. - Leroy Frederick

Beyonce fitness game on the way? "Interested in using her experience with choreography to create an interactive workout for her fans." More like get paid methinks ;) - Leroy Frederick