Interview with Eitan Glinert, Founder of Fire Hose Games
Talking with Eitan Glinert is like drinking from a firehose. His positive energy and enthusiasm creates a very strong channel– kind of like Austin Powers (“yeah, baby!”) , but with […]
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Interview with Virtual World Moderator Pam Taggart
In cyberspace, Pam Taggart is in charge of keeping things under control, kind of like a police officer. But the role of a cyber police officer is different from that […]
Is Machinima Fair Use?
I attended a panel at Play Machinima Law, a Stanford conference on machinima law, where the main discussion was trying to figure out if machinima was fair use, and […]
Interview with Laura Shigihara- Composer for Plants vs. Zombies
By D. Yvette Wohn Laura Shigihara wears many hats. A California native of Eurasian descent, Ms. Shigihara’s passion for games is so great that she not only plays games, but […]
In-game breeding and morality
When you think of it in real life, breeding is a complicated thing that requires time, money, and in many cases, emotional involvement. Any effort made by human beings to […]
Improving “Green” Games
Thanks to Al Gore and Kermit the Frog, green is a becoming a more frequent incentive factor in casual games– which, I may add, are green in their own element […]
Will Rockfree become the Club Audition of the US?
Rockfree is like Rock Band online, only you’re using the keys to navigate instead of an actual instrument. While it has potential because it doesn’t have that many competitors, I […]
Sony Digs Its Own Grave, Then Tries to Fill it in
Last week, MTV Multiplayer had an interesting scoop about how Sony has been charging game publishers for content that users can download. According to this article, Sony started charging publishers […]
The Return of the Adventure Game
After having to deal with a decade of recession, adventure games are back! For a long time, game makers just weren’t making so many adventure games- opting more for shooting […]
Touchy touch-sensitive gadgets
I have an LG Chocolate phone, an iPod,a laptop with a touchpad, and a Nintendo DS, all of which are touch-sensitive. But then the term “touch-sensitive” is misleading. The devices […]
