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“To be frank (don’t worry, you can still be Shirley) the first thing that disturbs me about writing about how gaming made me is that so many of you reading this won’t be old enough to remember going into a John Menzies and browsing the racks and racks of games between £1.99 and £2.99, buying [...]
July 11th, 2009 : Features, Rock Paper Shotgun
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“Keita Takahashi, creator of Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy, is more interested in art, life, and his dog, than the work of his creative peers. He’s more interested in going to the museum than going to the Game Developers Conference.
And he’s not usually that interested in doing interviews — in fact, Gamasutra never ended [...]
May 30th, 2009 : Features, Gamasutra
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“Atlantica Online is a strategy RPG—although players create their own character, they also hire ‘mercenaries’ up to a maximum of eight to take part in turn-based tactical battles. The game is set in an alternate reality mixing real world locations with fantasy and steampunk, and includes a variety of community features such as the ability [...]
January 31st, 2009 : Features, Worlds In Motion
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“In eRepublik, users become the citizen of a nation, based on those in the real world, and take part in a simulation of the real world’s economic and political spheres. Players can take jobs, working their way up to own companies and corporations, get involved in wars between citizen-run countries, and even become president.”
eRepublik is [...]
January 17th, 2009 : Features, Worlds In Motion
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“Here at OXM we’ve done enough interviews with high-ranking executives to know they’re never that exciting. They tend to stick to the topics their PR department expects them to. Not so Don Mattrick.”
I’ve been completely useless at updating this site recently – simply too much to do – but I’ve at least finally found some [...]
January 6th, 2009 : Features, OXM
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“In Travian, users create a village on a randomly assigned plot of land, where they must use local resources to develop their village in the aim of eventually creating a world wonder before the end of a set amount of time.
Players can attack and trade with other player-owned villages.”
More (nearly) forgotten interviews:
Interview: Simutronics’ Harris [...]
January 5th, 2009 : Features, Worlds In Motion
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“Audition is an online ‘MMO’ version of dancing games like Dance Dance Revolution. In the title, players create rooms or join other players, select music and then ‘dance’ along with it using directional keyboard commands. Players compete with each other to be the best dancer to receive rewards, and can otherwise socialize with other players.”
As [...]
December 8th, 2008 : Features, Worlds In Motion
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“Trukz is a largely text based game where players create a driver, buy a truck and earn money by hauling loads from real-life cities around the world. Cities have distinct supplies and demands, and with cash earned players can buy upgrade and new trucks. Players have to deal with issues such as fatigue, gas prices [...]
November 24th, 2008 : Features, Worlds In Motion
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“From gaming to GPS systems, we round up the best in new technology.”
The publication of this article was a red-letter day indeed – after living in Toronto for nearly four years, I’ve finally “made it” by having my work published in one of this fine city’s alternative weeklies.
Above and beyond saying that, I’m not sure [...]
November 20th, 2008 : Eye Weekly, Features
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“NeoPets is, essentially, an online ‘virtual pe’” simulation, where players take care of pets by buying them food, toys, clothes, and other accessories using a virtual currency called Neopoints, which can be raised by playing games and other methods. Players can interact with each other through in-game mail, discussion boards and groups.”
I tried to be [...]
November 9th, 2008 : Features, Worlds In Motion
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