Valve’s Gabe Newell discusses the frontiers of gaming, from wearable technology to “tongue controllers” Gabe Newell (pictured top right) is the chief executive and co-founder of Valve, the award-winning game publisher and creator of the Steam digital distribution service for games.
He is one of the visionaries of the game business, and his predictions carry a lot of weight. Plenty of speculation surrounds the odd projects that Valve undertakes, and Newell took some time yesterday to explain some of them and talk about the cool and weird things coming in the future. Ed Fries (pictured top left), the former head of Microsoft Game Studios, interviewed Newell at a reception that Covert & Co., Google Ventures, and Perkins Coie sponsored at the Casual Connect game conference in Seattle.
Arcade Aid. - StumbleUpon. OUYA: A New Kind of Video Game Console by OUYA & Kickstarter. We just added game streaming through OnLive!
Final Fantasy will be on OUYA...and we have an exclusive game! And VEVO has agreed to put their music videos on OUYA, XBMC adds a streaming media app, with TuneIn and iHeartRadio adding music! 8 Bit Weapon. The Minibosses. Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team review (XBLA. Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team was developed and published by THQ.
It was released on July 13, 2011 for 800MSP. A copy of the game was provided for review purposes. Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team is an action-shooter that takes place in the Warhammer universe. Your objective is to board and halt an Ork Kroozer from reaching Imperial Forge World. Along the way, you’ll be fighting various enemies along with destroying many vital sections of the Kroozer. As a side bonus for fans of the franchise, purchasing this game unlocks an exclusive Power Sword weapon to use in the upcoming game: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine.
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Guild Wars 2 PvP primer. Welcome to the PvP primer, the post with a small taste of everything you didn't think you wanted to know about PvP content in Guild Wars 2.
Some folks regard Guild Wars 2 as a PvP-centric game with PvE content tacked on as an occasional diversion. If that's you, this post is probably full of stuff you already know. Paint The World With PS3 Exclusive 'The Unfinished Swan' Life in Skyrim: The Beginning « A Life in Skyrim. Life in Skyrim: The Beginning Posted by ALI.Skyrim on December 19, 2011 · 4 Comments.
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Legos for Girls: A Reprise. It hasn’t exactly been quiet on the Lego front, lately, what with leaked pictures of Lord of the Rings sets, and the release of their DC Universe line.
But it’s been pretty quiet on the Lego Friends front, except inside the adult Lego modeling community, who are finding some fabulous ways to turn a cafe kitchen, a disco, and a beauty salon into some sets that are a little more far and away more outside of the tiny gender box that Lego has placed their girls toys in. Naturally, some are writing about how this advantage to the adult modeling community (that of new figurines, colors, and brick shapes to play around with) proves that everyone alarmed by the gender-specificity of Lego’s line was just being “silly,” and they obviously did not realize that you can make Legos into, like, anything!
Lego asked girls what they wanted, and this was it. Charlie Brooker: The trouble with video games isn't the violence. It's that most of the characters are dicks. 'The most homo-erotic tale ever created in any medium' A curious thing happened to me the other day while I was playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, which, if you're not familiar with such things, is a video game in which you participate in a bloody big war.
It's a very popular franchise; devoted fans camp out on pavements for a launch copy, which makes it the royal wedding of violent video games. For They Are Weary of Space Marines: Why Some Men Are Playing Women, and Why Game Developers Should Take Note. By Becky Chambers | 12:28 pm, January 16th, 2012 I spend a staggering amount of time thinking about video games. I’m constantly chewing on the reasons for the character choices we make and how people are represented within games. I’ve spent a lot brainpower mulling over that stuff from a woman’s perspective, and I confess that for a long while, I hadn’t dedicated many neurons to wondering how our brothers-in-arms felt about those very same things.
I knew that there was a big difference between the groovy gamer guys I hang with and the snarling trolls that lurk elsewhere. I knew that some men do not speak for all men, and that male gamers are every bit as diverse as women gamers. Breaking down Guild Wars 2's character creator. The second Guild Wars 2 press beta weekend has come and gone, and Massively was there every step of the way. Stay tuned throughout the day today for even more guides, impressions, videos, and Q&As to get you ready for the highly anticipated sequel to Guild Wars. In just the few minutes that it takes to traverse the 10 screens of Guild Wars 2's character creation process, I'm left with one overriding thought: This game looks ridiculously good. Ludicrously so, even. And I didn't even enter the game world yet!
Supreme Court: First Amendment covers video games. California Supreme Court Justices - Getty Images In a landmark ruling, the U. S. Supreme Court Monday declared video games are protected forms of free speech, striking down a controversial California law that that attempted to restrict the sale of some titles to minors. The state argued that violent games are harmful to children and, as such, their sale should be restricted. California took a slightly different approach than other states who have attempted to pass similiar laws, though, by including violent games in the same category as cigarettes and adult magazines. The Court strongly rejected the argument. "Video games qualify for First Amendment protection," the Court said in its ruling, written by Justice Scalia. Artful ‘Journey’ stuns critics. Journey (Sony) Are video games art? Despite the Supreme Court ruling that games deserve First Amendment protection, the debate quietly continues.
A new downloadable PS3 game, however, might silence some doubters. Skills tool. BioShock Infinite's 1999 Mode Playable From The Start With 'Old School' Code. News (80) Previews (18) Review News (81) Previews (18) Review News (81) Previews (18) Review My Friday ended with a real treat, and I'm going to share a taste of it with you readers right now. Yesterday, 2K Games and Irrational Games announced a unique feature for the highly anticipated 2012 release, BioShock Infinite. ‘Bioshock: Infinite’ and America’s could-have-been Steampunk past. StumbleUpon. Transforming a Nintendo 64 into a Handheld Console - StumbleUpon. World of Warcraft - Rage of the Firelands.
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