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Magic: The Gathering-based games coming to PC, Mac, Xbox Live
If a hit computer game can turn into a hit collectible card game, then why can't a hit CCG become a hit computer game? That seems to be the thinking behind today's announcement that Wizards of the Coast has licensed video game use of ...

GDC — Starts With Two Head-Spinning Ideas About Video Games
As I left the kick-off panel for the Independent Games Summit — a satellite event of GDC running today and tomorrow (when I’ll be speaking), my head was spinning. I had just heard two provocative ideas I’d like to share. ...

Magic: The Gathering Games
GameSpot reports on plans for more digital incarnations of Magic: The Gathering, the collectible card strategy game. Word is a Magic game is in the works at Stainless Games for PCs and Xbox 360 and...

GDC08: Tetris, "the Slim Jim of video games"
In what is destined to become the most interesting metaphor used at GDC this year, iQ212 founder Rick Marazzani noted that Tetris is "the Slim Jim of video games." The proclamation came during a lecture entitled "Tetris: Best/Worst ...

Increased Risk Games Revisited
Based on my review of the game by game rushing attempts from 1995-2006, the tipping point where “increased risk games” kicked in and we saw increased injury rates in the games that followed was at about 25 rushing attempts in a game. ...

Advergaming: The Booming Possibilities of In-Game Advertising
According to the Entertainment Software Association, consumers spent $9.5 billion dollars on video and computer games last year. Now, game developers are getting younger, faster and smarter. With rising prices, the young indie ...

GDC: Glu Games for N-Gage
Play as Batman in The Dark Knight, the thrilling action game based on Warner Bros. Pictures’ upcoming blockbuster film. Batman fights to eradicate street crime in Gotham City using his advanced combat skills and an array of unique ...

PlayStation Exec Talks PSN - Finding The Next Will Wright ...
Hight said Sony will release more games on PSN this year than last. And much of the output from America, at least, will be original. “We’re not going to repeat ourselves,” he said. “You won’t see sequels.” The PSN has had some larger ...

GDC: Hardware Accelerated 3D Games on the N-Gage Platform
In a talk this afternoon, Nokia’s Peter Lykke Nielsen — with an assist from the guys at Digital Legends Entertainment — showed interested game developers how the OpenGL ES 1.1 standard will be incorporated into the N-Gage Software ...

PlayStation Exec Talks PSN - Finding The Next Will Wright ...
Some developers have nonetheless expressed concern about the PSN service, at least regarding the economic viability of the smaller $10 games on the service. In a recent interview with Multiplayer, David Jaffe, lead creator of the PSN’s ...