Although it doesn’t come out until March of next year, there’s a preview of the EA/ Will Wright (of the “Sims” games) game “Spore” on 1UP.com.
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10 . 25 . 07
Spore
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10 . 24 . 07
Do Hackers Limit Creativity in Game Design?
Lisa Laughy has a problem with game design education. But it’s not so much the education, so much as the game industry’s influence on the way game design is taught.
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10 . 23 . 07
The Redistricting Game
With the 2008 elections fast approaching, as with every election, the faults of our political system are ever the more apparent. The Redistricting Game, courtesy of the University of Southern California EA Game Innovation Lab, looks at the shifty yet common practice of gerrrymandering.
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10 . 23 . 07
Crusades 2.0
A couple weeks ago, the New York Times published an article detailing how some Christian churches are using Halo 3 as a prostelization tool. It was a good article, despite being at least two years behind the story, and failing to recognize the enormous conspiracy behind Halo youth groups. Read the rest of this entry »
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10 . 09 . 07
Videogame Heroines
by Andy Lemke
Ah, videogame heroines and their unrealistic proportions and impractical outfits. Erin Hoffman writes of her desire, as well as other female game designers desire, for more realistic portrayals of female videogame characters. Read the rest of this entry »
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10 . 09 . 07
Army of Two
by Andy Lemke
Private security contractors are in the news, and now you can play the videogame. But game designer Chris Ferriera wants to do something different—creating a cooperative, two-person shooter game in Army of Two. Read the rest of this entry »