July 4th is the day that Americans celebrate independence from England and the decision for the United States to find its own way in the world.
For revenge, GirlFlash decided to host Mini LD48 #2.
also, sorry if I am interrupting anybodies Independence day plans, but I’m English and this is how I get even =p
I […]

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Linux Game Publishing, the company that ports games from Windows to Gnu/Linux, has announced that it is introducing a copy protection system. Naturally this news resulted in quite a bit of speculation, and rumors were flying about how invasive this copy protection will be.
LGP sent out a press release to explain why it was […]

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Video Arcades’ Last Gasp from the Chicago Tribune is a well written article on the end of the video game arcade. Home consoles have been providing less incentive to go out for your video game fix, and it is expensive to own and operate an arcade. The only people who seem interested in going to […]

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I’ll be spending today at a particularly geeky barbecue. We’ll be playing Dungeons and Dragons.

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Also, a friend forwarded me this post on Kotaku about a hands-free Super Mario World level that plays music.
Tags: super mario world, video games

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Sometimes great gaming moments need more context than the game itself provides. Such was the case while hanging out with a friend in seventh grade. By 1994, Super Mario World had been out a few years, but it was the only game she had, and we had already finished watching movies like “Born in East […]

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Corvus has Some GTA IV Questions.
The controversial game has been blasted by the media, the government, and parents, while simultaneously being praised by video game reviewers and fans. While the game is generally about being a criminal in a sandbox environment, plenty of critics have argued that the “point of the game” is to earn […]

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The Ludum Dare #11 ratings period is over, and the results are in. it seems that I didn’t do too badly. The rankings were out of a possible 5:
Overall: 3.50
Fun: 3.68
Innovation: 2.93
Theme: 4.43
Polish: 3.36
Graphics: 2.57
Audio: 2.96
Humor: 2.83
Technical: 2.54
Food: 4.38
Journal: 3.96
Timelapse: 3.62
My game came in 7th place for the Theme, 10th place for Fun, and […]

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Started by a game producer at Garage Games, The Casual Indie Game Development Blog aims to bring together casual games (games for everyone) and indie games (games by anyone).
From the post titled The Casual Indie Connection:
Developers are attracted to independent development and casual game development for many of the same reasons. Some developers see […]

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In one 48 hour period, I made a simple game based on the theme “minimalist”. I didn’t try to stay awake throughout the entire Ludum Dare competition, so the game was made in less than 48 hours.
What Went Right:

Used my build script to create a distributable game from the beginning.
I […]

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