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Digital Hollywood: can content help online games?2 comments

writerscabal wrote 20 hours ago: I’m attending Digital Hollywood today, a conference allegedly focusing on the intersection bet … more »

Tags: Game Industry, Licensing, prediction, writing

Wave of the Future? No, It's a Tsunami11 comments

Znodis wrote 1 day ago: Enjoy BM now because in WotLK from 70-80 you’re going to want to be MM. That is of course if … more »

Tags: Hunter, Pets, Warcraft, World of Warcraft

MM Soloing - The Wave of the Future?4 comments

Znodis wrote 1 day ago: In my FAQ, I state BM is how you level, but my recent delving into threat mechanics has made me reco … more »

Tags: guide, Hunter, Warcraft, World of Warcraft

Development Project - OceanQuest

Alexandra Matthews wrote 2 days ago: I have not been posting on G&L for some time now and this is because I have been working on a r … more »

Tags: DGBL, Games, interaction, Learning, Pedagogy

The Testing Test Data on Test to Test Growl Test8 comments

Znodis wrote 2 days ago: Short version My previous thoughts were true. Scaling on Test is the same as Live. Growl scales wit … more »

Tags: Hunter, Pets, Warcraft, World of Warcraft

How We Created Cel-Shading in Hench

misfitinteractive wrote 2 days ago: Well, here’s your post-alpha update from the Misfit Interactive 3D Director. Kyle wanted me to … more »

Tags: VFS, Video Games

Growl Testing2 comments

Znodis wrote 2 days ago: First off, I have to say I hate my server. During these 5 tests, I was killed 3 times. Since _my_ … more »

Tags: Hunter, Pets, Warcraft, World of Warcraft

Game Design: Rewards

kimari2 wrote 3 days ago: (Until I get my own host in a couple of days, I’ll use this blog for my game design thoughts.) … more »

Tags: Uncategorized

Top 5 trends you need to know in MMOs4 comments

writerscabal wrote 3 days ago: In preparation for the ION Game Conference, we thought we’d update you on the state of MMOs. … more »

Tags: Game Industry, Games, writing

Back to school!

Sasha wrote 4 days ago: Tomorrow we’re heading back to the classroom. We’ve had a very productive week-and-a-bit … more »

Diversion Promotion As far as Be faithful to Revived Forebears

fpsosgoodanastasia wrote 4 days ago: Alexa.comJennifer tagged inner self a team up in relation to weeks lapsed forasmuch as this mule tra … more »

Tags: Baseball, Microfinance, Pioneer, Sandwich

Mechanics games and story games

Dan wrote 4 days ago: I’m in a defining mood this year, apparently. For a long time I’ve thought there were tw … more »

Tags: Game Business, Game stories

add some mystery to your rewards

genecloud wrote 4 days ago: It helps for player’s to understand why they get a reward or score, it links them to the simu … more »

is the pyschology of money, the psychology of score?

genecloud wrote 6 days ago: While money has more importance to people in their real lives, score shares many of the same influe … more »

What Roguelike is SilverRogue like?

silverrogue wrote 6 days ago: If you read the common definition of a Roguelike such as stated on the excellent RogueBasin site, yo … more »

Tags: SilverRogue

Gamasutra

Lucian wrote 1 week ago: Continuing with recommendations of sites that interest me, I want to talk about Gamasutra. Aside fro … more »

Tags: Recommendations

7 rules all video games should obey

spotpuff wrote 1 week ago: This is a great article from cracked.com that outlines some huge problems with current video game de … more »

Tags: Game Analysis

What kind of NPCs do you want?5 comments

writerscabal wrote 1 week ago: You turn the corner, rifle at the ready, and sneak down the hall.  Just as you’re about to sh … more »

Tags: Games, writing

Meet the 8TSOC

WriTerGuy wrote 1 week ago: The World Without Oil game centered on a website (www.worldwithoutoil.org, now archived here) which … more »

Tags: future history, historical pre-enactment, Simulation, world without oil