The over-arching theme this year at the annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco is the democratization of game development. i can’t escape it. At least two sessions a day feature companies opening up their software and platforms to the unwashed masses so that they can create their own games. Here are the examples i’ve [...] Keep Reading

i’ve been to a few great sessions at GDC 08 so far, and i’m sure i’ll write about them at some point. Before we get to that, i want to get this ugly little rant off my chest. Easily the weakest session so far has been “Now That We’re All Here: Next Steps in Online [...] Keep Reading

Sorry for the misleading title. There’s absolutely no way you can attend the annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on a dollar a day unless you engage in a list of unsavoury activities, including but not limited to trespassing, mugging, and impersonating a Valve employee (which is apparently a capital offense in California due [...] Keep Reading

This year, Untold Entertainment will NOT be covering the Game Developers’ Conference in San Francisco. We will NOT bring you all the highlights and up-to-the-minute news, and we are NOT your best source for the latest in video game interviews and announcements. i’ve pulled double-duty at every conference i’ve attended, being both a delegate and [...] Keep Reading

Duff beer i’m not sure why i woke up this morning feeling driven to write a Wikipedia entry on fictional beverages. A similar page already existed, but it was bare-bones and poorly organized. i tooled up a nicer looking entry, borrowing code from the excellent List of fictional music groups, and redirected the original entry. [...] Keep Reading