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Archive for October, 2008

Happy Halloween!

Posted by GBGames on October 31st, 2008

It’s Halloween, and that means things that go bump in the night and candy and scary costumes. Or these days, sexy costumes. No complaints, though. B-)
Anyway, what’s your favorite scary video game?
I have to include Alien vs Predator 2 at the top of my list. The first few marine levels were really tense, and […]

Meaningful Play 2008

Posted by GBGames on October 20th, 2008

Gregg Seelhoff announced that he attended Meaningful Play 2008, an academic conference ” that explores the potential of games to entertain, inform, educate, and persuade in meaningful ways”, and he posted his notes.

Day 1: Want some good data on casual gamers and Flash game business models?
Day 2: Want some good data […]

Spoof Your Favorite Online Game Contest

Posted by GBGames on October 17th, 2008

I recently learned about a contest that MMORPG.com and PotFlix.com are holding called Spoof Your Favorite Online Game.

MMORPG.com and Potflix, the newest video challenge site on the net, team up to offer gamers a fun and one-of-a-kind gaming contest! Whether you are a newbie or a certified gaming addict, you can join […]

Now Is the Best Time to Make Games

Posted by GBGames on October 15th, 2008

Jeff Tunnell posts for the first time in a long time about how you shouldn’t fear the economy and should start your game business now. Yes, there is a lot of doom and gloom about how the economy is stagnating and people are worried about paying the bills.
But that just means there are […]

No Thousander Club Update for Two Weeks?!

Posted by GBGames on October 6th, 2008

These past two weeks have been very unproductive, so there just isn’t anything to report for the Thousander Club. Crunch at the day job isn’t over yet, and since it started getting a bit colder, I haven’t been feeling 100%.
Instead, how about a list of links to interesting indie-related things going on in the […]