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Archive for June, 2006

Thoughts on This Saturday’s United States vs Italy Game

Posted by GBGames on June 16th, 2006

On Saturday, I will be have my loyalties questioned by my family. I do not believe they will disown me, but conversations could get heated. I will be the only one who wants and expects a United States win. My family will think I am crazy not to cheer for Italy, […]

Video Game Detox Clinic Opens in Europe

Posted by GBGames on June 14th, 2006

This past Sunday I read an article in the newspaper about a video game addiction center opening in Amsterdam.
Smith & Jones Addiction Consultants have created Game Zone Center, an “outdoor gaming treatment camp”, to help people with a video game addiction.
I am not going to claim that there is no such thing. […]

The Smartist Has Moved

Posted by GBGames on June 13th, 2006

I’m a fan of Jon Jones, otherwise known as smArtist. For some time I thought he had lost his domain and left his blog to die. Recently I found out that he is alive and well, and his blog is now located at http://www.thejonjones.com/. Make sure to update your bookmarks and RSS […]

Final Score: 0-3

Posted by GBGames on June 12th, 2006

B-(

Thousander Club Update: June 12th

Posted by GBGames on June 12th, 2006

For this week’s Thousander Club update:
Game Hours: 96 / 1000
Game Ideas: 403 / 1000
Target: 420
Good luck to the US team as they take on the Czech Republic in their group’s opener today. w00t!

Indie Game Dev Podcast: Interview with Pocketwatch Games

Posted by GBGames on June 6th, 2006

Action announced a new Indie Game Dev Podcast, this time featuring an interview with Andy Schatz, founder of Pocketwatch Games.
Andy’s Venture Africa was a finalist in the Independent Games Festival. He talks about how he got started making games at an early age, and he has some advice for aspiring indies as […]

Thousander Club Update: June 5th

Posted by GBGames on June 5th, 2006

For this week’s Thousander Club update:
Game Hours: 88.75 / 1000
Game Ideas: 403 / 1000
Target: 399
I only spent an hour and a half on game development this past week. I left for Ohio for two graduation parties this weekend, and so I didn’t have Saturday and Sunday to do much; however, I did […]

Carnival of Gamers is Here!

Posted by GBGames on June 1st, 2006

I keep forgetting to post about it when it happens, but the Carnival of Gamers is here! This time it is hosted by Kim Pallister at …on pampers, programming & pitching manure. My post about Roger Ebert is featured this month, as well as a number of great posts by other […]

Oracle’s Eye Development: Blank Screen, Again

Posted by GBGames on June 1st, 2006

Yesterday I worked a bit on Oracle’s Eye Prime. I managed to get a simple window to open. Nothing special at all, but it is a good first step. When I last started working on OE, I had the benefit of an existing codebase from last year’s June Game in a Day. […]