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Social Game Studio Gravity Bear Comes out of Hiding - http://www.edge-online.com/news...
Phil Shenk was playing with T2D for awhile back in the day (Ex Diablo Art Director)
- Timothy Aste
Cafe World Fastest Growing Facebook App yet - http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009...
This seriously pisses me off how much they can rip off another game. How are they not getting sued over Farmville and Cafe World? They are straight rips from other games, even down to the art style. It's like they are saying they feel they can do whatever they want because they can afford 100 attorneys.
- Timothy Aste
I am totally with you on this. Sue everybody on the back end, then rip them off on the front end.
- Jeff Tunnell
Facebook Begins Testing Mobile Payments for Virtual Currency with Zong: http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009...
Being able to pay with a mobile phone charge is really important I think, if I recall vague statistics most of the world does not own a credit card.
- Timothy Aste
Having a trusted ecommerce provider is important. I hope they have good rates.
- Jeff Tunnell
I am bailing on Disqus. Turned off comments on my blog posts, yet I still get tons of comment spam. Intense Debate here I come.
Intense debate is pretty nice
- Timothy Aste
Facebook acquires FriendFeed(this site!): http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009...
Interesting. I like both FF & Facebook.
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About time!
- Jeff Tunnell
A visual history of 3D Engines http://www.maximumpc.com/print...
Torque's in there :)
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Yahoo Games could be sold: http://www.edge-online.com/news...
Lots of stories about Yahoo today after the MS deal. Boy did that guy screw the pooch and kill his company.
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Foundation 9 Entertainment cuts costs and staff in game studios -http://games.venturebeat.com/2009...
Seem likes local guys are safe for now
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Well, it's about time. Google's Operating System Anounced for PC: http://deals.venturebeat.com/2009...
Related: http://deals.venturebeat.com/2009...
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Related, Intel: http://deals.venturebeat.com/2009...
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"They take a swipe at existing operating systems, saying they were designed for use when there was no web. They said it’s time to re-think operating systems, and that Chrome OS is Google’s answer. And it sounds pretty good: It’s an open source, fast and lightweight operating system, the company said. It will initially be targeted at netbooks, which are smaller and cheaper than laptops."
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Industry Vet Tony Garcia Joins Unity - http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin...
Not familiar with him but it was in the news
- Timothy Aste
Seems to me like they want someone with connections to target higher-end publisher engine sales.
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That is their second big industry hire.
- Jeff Tunnell
Social Gaming Where's the Fun? - http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin...
Article about how games like Mob Wars have become so metric-centric that the fun is being left out for both developer and end-user.
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Subreal - Timothy Aste : New Pushbutton Labs / GGE Backgrounds - http://www.subreal.net/2009...
"Hey man, sadly not (especially since I was never able to finish it). It was one of the files I lost when a fault wiring power surge blew through the GG office and fried a bunch of stuff in 2006. Stupidly I didn\\\'t have my external hard drive on a surge protector, or my backup drive. :("
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Torque Beta 3 - http://www.garagegames.com/communi...
These guys are moving fast lately!
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Yeah, Torque is looking better and better.
- Ben Garney
Hell yeah. So tempted to just jump into T3D but have too much on my plate.
- BigMonkGames
Debating making a new content pack for T3D actually, been feeling inspired lately. It would be easier since Interiors are pretty much "out" I believe, which means I could do it all in Max.
- Timothy Aste
I think that is a good idea.
- Jeff Tunnell
id Software Acquired by Bethesda Owner ZeniMax - http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin...
You beat me to it... Pretty wild! Want to bet on how long "no changes will be made in the operations of id Software in the development of its games"? Although Bethesda is fairly good at what they do.
- Ben Garney
There will be changes. There are always changes. It just depends on your time horizon.
- Jeff Tunnell
It will be cool to see how idtech surfaces in their games.
- Ben Garney
Can't say I'm hardly surprised, Carmack and a few other principles are reaching retiring / part time age. They have two AAA products and several misc. ones. They have ballooned in staff (from ~25 FTE in 2007 to I think almost a 100 FTE currently, if not more?). My numbers aren't direct, just remembering. They have royalties and licensing fees coming in, but it felt unsustainable and...
more...
- Timothy Aste
Woah! If Carmack is retirement age, what does that make me?
- Jeff Tunnell
Last I saw they had 60 people just a while ago.
- Jeff Tunnell
Lol. I think retirement was a bad choice of words. Maybe career change?
- BigMonkGames
From today's Venturebeat article: "JC: We have 105 now. The ramp up won’t be done this year. We hope we don’t lose anybody. We won’t intentionally lose anybody. We will continue to look for the best talent."
- Timothy Aste
That is a big nut to crack each month.
- Jeff Tunnell
An Aside. Damn. I wish Friendfeed had Twitter's popularity. Even with a small amount of followers, this kind of conversation could not happen on Twitter.
- Jeff Tunnell
Absolutely. These are great. Facebook is pretty neat too, I "friended" Kenneth Scott (who was the driving force behind the id Art for the last 10 years) and was interesting to see the discussions going on in his profile. He was a bit taken back since he just took a job at Microsoft last year and was surprised to hear this. Comments and streaming media are the new forums, I'm hoping Google wave can consolidate a lot of this stuff.
- Timothy Aste
Here is the link to the VentureBeat interview with Carmack and Zenimax CEO Robert Altman: http://venturebeat.com/2009...
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It's a great interview, Venturebeat has quickly become one of my favorite news sites at the moment, they have great quality articles and fast news for the web/games/startup spaces.
- Timothy Aste
Also, I haven't seen the "login using Twitter" option before (sits next to Facebook connect). I'm sure you guys probably have, but this is an awesome idea to support for our websites at some point since tens of millions of active web users have twitter accounts. Combining Facebook/Twitter 1-click login access seems like it would cover our entire target demographic. :)
- Timothy Aste
Flash Galcon - http://www.galcon.com/flash/
Nice Flash implementation of a good game.
- Jeff Tunnell
from Bookmarklet
Cool!
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Interview with John Pleasants - http://games.venturebeat.com/2009...
John Pleasants talks about shifting from a giant video game company to a tiny one
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"Mountain View, Calif.-based Playdom is on a tear. It is growing its monthly revenues in the triple digit range and it now has five games on Facebook and a dozen on MySpace. The company is angel funded and has never taken a venture round. Pleasants said the company is profitable. As such, it is in an enviable position in social gaming, one of the hottest segments in video games. "
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The pattern is clear. No executive wants to say it. But rather than try to fix a big company that is having trouble with the transition to digital, these executives are going straight into the digital market to create or join companies in the hot iPhone or social gaming markets.
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Playdom: Another social gaming company playing it smart with virtual goods - http://digital.venturebeat.com/2009...
It made nearly $10 million in the fourth quarter of 2008, says one source, after a strong second quarter and relatively weak their quarter.
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EA “In Investment Mode”: http://www.edge-online.com/news...
Electronic Arts COO John Pleasants has spoken of the publisher’s focus on online business models and its plans to invest in the online space.
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Interesting article on Zynga IPO and why it may not happen despite rumors, goes into some issues the company may / may not have despite making a whopping $100MM this year. http://venturebeat.com/2009...
Another article: http://www.businessinsider.com/four-ro...
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Re: The World Is Changing… How Will You Fit In? - http://makeitbigingames.com/2009...
"Cool video!"
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Former Rockstar devs/founders form 4MM studios to focus on web-based & social gaming: http://venturebeat.com/2009...
Subreal - Timothy Aste : Screenshot: Tue, 12 May 2009 - http://www.subreal.net/2009...
"Thanks Matt!"
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Subreal - Timothy Aste : Screenshot: Tue, 12 May 2009 - http://www.subreal.net/2009...
"Thanks a ton guys! Videos coming soon. :)"
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Subreal - Timothy Aste : Manufacturing of the End - http://www.subreal.net/2009...
"Thanks guys!"
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Subreal - Timothy Aste : Screenshot: Tue, 12 May 2009 - http://www.subreal.net/2009...
"Thanks Sean, it\\\'s a vector illustration of a flower. :)"
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http://www.evony.com/ - Web game that has been getting some heat around gamer forums
Neat, all done in Flash
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Kind of overwhelming (mostly UI stuff) at first, but not bad
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Neat monetization scheme, traditional build and wait model, but you can "speed up" stuff for pennies. Cost goes to how long it takes to build, like a penny a minute or something.
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This works way better in flash than just php etc
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Rumor: Apple in talks to acquire Electronic Arts http://www.xbitlabs.com/news...
No way. Silly rumor. Maybe ABC/ESPN.
- Jeff Tunnell
Speculation Apple may be positioning itself to take on the Xbox with it's own system.
- Timothy Aste
I agree. I can maybe see them exploring new avenues for hardware (what if) given the success they've had with Ipod/Iphone. The EA part seems silly. Apple tried to make a game console once: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Timothy Aste
A few months ago everyone was rumoring Disney would buy EA as well...didn't quite see that one either.
- Timothy Aste
Disney makes sense. They own ESPN, so the EA Sports part of it would make it worth while.
- Jeff Tunnell
I didn't realize they owned ESPN, it would make sense.
- Timothy Aste
I think this is the biannual "Apple really loves games" rumor going around... but hey, if they made a game console I'd be first in line to develop for it. :)
- Ben Garney
Crush the Castle - http://armorgames.com/play...
Cem Uzunlar liked this
Thought this was simple and fun
- Timothy Aste
That was good. Simple and addictive.
- Ben Garney
That is fun. We are trying way too hard.
- Jeff Tunnell
ESPN Hacked with old school game code - http://www.spike.com/blog...
Showed Ben and Sean this yesterday when I heard about it, was pretty funny. Fixed now though.
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Chicken Poop Tilled In - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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