Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Sep 16, 2008	Bahamian Government Will Ask Tough Questions Of Developers Partnered With Failed Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and Others In Bahamas Foreign Investment Projects
Investment banks face govt questions: By INDERIA SAUNDERS, Guardian Business Desk - Nassau, Bahamas: The collapse of Lehman Brothers, the forced sale of Merrill Lynch and an entire investment industry under the microscope means the Bahamian government will now ask developers partnered...... [view]

Posted By:  Morphix Posted On:  Sep 6, 2008	The Electronic Arts Revival
Once upon a time, I was a wee lad in college applying for internships.  I had an interview with EA over the phone, at the end of which they asked me if I had any questions.  I asked them what they thought they were doing to advance the medium of Video Games. They didn’t like that so...... [view]

Posted By:  Morphix Posted On:  Aug 7, 2008	Jonny B. Good
I’ve not had the pleasure of meeting Jonathan Blow yet, but I get the impression that he’s the type of man who does what he does, not for the attention of the gaming media, but because he thinks that’s the way things should be. And I’m going to have to agree. ...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 4, 2008	A New Kind Of American Gothic
A different kind of American Gothic: By JAMMAL SMITH, Guardian Business Desk - Nassau, Bahamas: New reports suggest an increasing number of American baby boomers are watching their life savings evaporate as the stock market and indeed the economy tank. It's a phenomenon that threatens to...... [view]

Posted By:  Morphix Posted On:  Jun 7, 2008	The Shifting Revel
Aside from my Achievement addiction , I have a profound love of Magic: The Gathering .  Over the years I have abandoned the game, stayed away for several years, and then come back to it, each time harder than before.  The last time I seriously got into playing Magic was during the Odyssey...... [view]

Posted By:  Morphix Posted On:  Mar 27, 2008	Turn 10 Studios: Impressions
I meant to post this about 5 months ago, but I’ve had a lot of difficulty coming up with more to say than a strictly emotional impression, nevertheless, I thought I’d punch it out. In November I was fortunate enough to have some lunch-time conversations with Bill Giese and Korey...... [view]

Posted By:  Morphix Posted On:  Mar 26, 2008	What Ever Happened to Tex Murphy?
Chris Jones and Aaron Conners? Backup.  Today’s Zero Punctuation regarding Zack and Wiki features references to several old adventure games (Yahtzee himself being a designer of some very emotive ones ).  Among these are two piece of box art that are probably unfamiliar to most...... [view]

Posted By:  Morphix Posted On:  Feb 26, 2008	A Week in Cuba
As previously mentioned, I went on vacation last week, and apparently the world does not stop while I’m laying on the beach. Big news of the last week.  Apparently it was GDC or something.  I wasn’t there, so if you want juicy GDC goodness, you’ll have to look elsewhere...... [view]

Posted By:  Morphix Posted On:  Feb 13, 2008	Ontario Developers Get Government Funding
As reported by The Escapist .  Excellent.  Drink it up Ontario, drink long and deep.  If there isn’t a richly flourishing ecosystem of Game Development when I make my return in a few years, I will be gravely disappointed.  Prepare the verdant soil, and let the rivers of cash flow. ...... [view]

Posted By:  Morphix Posted On:  Dec 27, 2007	Top 10 Overall Game Developers of 2007
I’m now home from Seattle after my internship with Microsoft this past fall.  I thought a good way to back into things, now that I have access to my server again, would be to run the best of query against 2007, and see what we pull up. While we often hear about the best games, or the...... [view]

Posted By:  Morphix Posted On:  Jan 3, 2008	Exclusive: Will Wright on Emergent Game Design (Part 2)
This is a multi-part post.  Jump to: Part 1 In a previous post , I discussed a lecture recently given at Microsoft by famed Game Designer, Will Wright. The topic of this lecture was Emergence and Game Design. The first part of this post discussed what emergence is, how it relates to...... [view]