KDR_11K's point is why this is an issue. If you make an enforceable law that restricts sales of games and punishes a retailer for selling adult-themed games, then retailers afraid of being sued for selling to a minor (and you can bet there are lawyers out there drooling at the prospect of this happening) will not carry…
http://www.gdconf.com/ looks like i might be going this year since i am in california.. here is some info off gamasutra The official GDC 2006 website is now open, and some of the first sessions to be announced include the latest "Game Design Challenge", to be presided over by gameLab's Eric Zimmerman, and with a…
Now I'm all for anti-piracy but this is rather amusing. Today my ISP, Virgin media blocked it. Well fair do's to them as they were under the pressure of being sued by record labels. Not sure how that works since wouldn't the target be the pirate bay themselves? Anyway so i Google'd about the block and was baffled to see…
This week I updated the rock material that I created last week and I created another rock material. The first material is going to be used on a wall and the second material is going to be sued on the ground/floor. I need to make 1 more wall material and I should be good! These materials are going to be used for my new…
I have a new update: I kind of finished the airplane mode, at least the big parts of the plane. I have begun mocking up the Gearwalk mode. I tell you guys, it is tricky s^it. I wish I had the toy, I am actually thinking of searching E-bay for one. :-) But it is both challenging and fun. I found this really good link:…
There may not be football because: A. The NFL opted out of the current CBA(collective bargaining agreement) B. They couldn't get a new deal worked out before the deadline, so the NFLPA(Player's association) decertified, and is suing the NFL for anti-trust or whatever - this is just a ploy to get better leverage when…
Fact: As the guy that looks for people to contract and hire, I can count on one hand the number of new Art Institute grads I've seen that are employable upon graduation. Most need another 2 years of work before they'll be entry level, at which point they're ~$80k in debt fighting hundreds of unemployed devs to get a $40k…
It's the method de jur for companies these days looking to get rid of somebody they don't like (or, who is too expensive and who is going to be replaced with an underpaid, overworked rookie to make the shareholders happier). There's no real way to fight it, because it's entirely he-said-she-said if done right. You can…
Konami is one of the most mismanaged companies in the history of the industry. They've stopped using nearly all their old IPs over the years, even the most popular of them. They don't even bother to advertise or make enough copies of games published under them. One of their most popular franchises in japan, Twinbee, has…
Just noticed some thing on kotaku :/ http://kotaku.com/rockstar-s-salty-response-to-the-bbc-s-gta-movie-1730889354?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow it says... "For those of you that dont know: today, BBC Two launched the broadcast of The Gamechangers, a movie…