Video: How co-op VR is used to help train astronauts for space At GDC 2018 a panel of game makers and experts from Boeing and NASA discuss how the tools of game development can be used to help train astronauts for their voyages to the edge of known space.

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  Contributing devs up in arms over Capcom's use of the FB Alpha emulator Developers that have contributed to the open-source emulator and other members of the emulation community are voicing concerns over the deal, with some arguing that FB Alpha can’t be licensed for commercial use. 

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  Get a job: Insomniac Games, Deep Silver Volition, and more are hiring now! Here are just some of the many, many positions being advertised right now on the Gamasutra Job Board.

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1 Don't Miss: Making debugging into a mechanic in Beglitched "While debugging is considered to be one of the more odious aspects of programming, I felt that under the right circumstances, it could actually be exhilarating," says AP Thompson, designer of Beglitched.

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  Amnesia dev makes the case for why lying to players is sometimes good game design Frictional Games' Thomas Grip explains how considering what players assume about features can sometimes matter more than the actual features themselves.

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  Take me to the hole: Loss and triumph in Astroneer It wasn't until columnist Katherine Cross fell into a hole that she truly understood the genius of Astroneer.

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1 Blog: Referencing objects—Names vs GUIDs A comparison of the main ways to reference objects: names and GUIDs.

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  China's game approval rules will soon apply to HTML5 and WeChat mini-games China's game approval process has undergone a lot of change in the past year or so, including a full-on freeze for most of 2018, but more changes are set to hit the program this month.

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  Blog: Three lessons for narrative game design students Three general lessons for students interested in narrative and game design on communities, supporting people, and the role of practice in trying to improve skills over time.

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  Street Fighter II designer walks through the creation of the game's stranger fighters Akira Yasuda talks about how some of the more unusual Street Fighter characters were born out of an unspoken rule that encouraged them to push the boundaries of their designs.

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2 Blog: Discussing the ins and outs of composing for games at the Library of Congress Composer Winifred Phillips shares a transcript from the Q&A session that followed her lecture at the Library of Congress, the very first video game composition lecture given at the establishment.

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  The imperfect science of Falcon Age's baby bird-based social media marketing Outerloop Games co-founder Chandana "Eka" Ekanayake talks about the baby bird that won Twitter's heart, and also a bit about Disneyland-like level design in Falcon Age.

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  Video: Procedurally creating Manhattan for Marvel's Spider-Man At GDC 2019 Insomniac's David Santiago shares a behind-the-scenes look at the open world pipeline of Marvel's Spider-Man and how it was architected to procedurally author an open-world Manhattan.

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  Nintendo's past VR research laid the foundation for Labo VR Existing virtual reality research made the craftable cardboard Labo kits a natural solution to bring VR to the Nintendo Switch.

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  Get a job: Deep Silver Fishlabs is hiring a Lead Combat Designer The Deep Silver Fishlabs team is looking for a dev to lead a small combat design team working on a 3D SciFi game.

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28 Gearbox CEO: Both devs and players benefit from Epic and Steam competition "At the end of the day when we look back at this moment, we’ll realize that this was the moment where the digital stores on PC became unmonopolized."

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2 Don't Miss: Devs reflect on the impact and legacy of Burnout Paradise Devs who worked on or were influenced by Criterion Games' 2008 release Burnout Parasise reflect on what made the game so special and how it changed the racing genre.

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  Game Informer Australia closed down in wake of GameStop cuts Game Informer parent company GameStop has closed down the Australian version of the magazine, and will replace it with the US version in the country.

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2 Blog: Why game jams can be a necessary distraction Six months ago, my tiny indie studio failed our first attempt at crowdfunding a game. Without the inspiration that came from entering game jams, we may have never tried again.

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  Burnout Paradise's online servers are shutting down after 11 years Criterion Games is shutting down the servers for its 2008 game Burnout Paradise, a decision that affects the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC versions of the game.

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  Freshly founded All-in Games set to publish Daymare: 1998, Paradise Lost The new Poland-based company has lined up publishing deals for 16 games since opening its doors and is actively looking for more devs to sign.

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2 Iraq parliament votes to ban Fortnite and Battlegrounds The Iraq parliament has voted to ban a number of notable online games including Fortnite and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds as a result of their "negative" influence. 

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3 Blog: What makes a game prologue gripping? An article about what methods great game prologues use to grip players attention, as well as about which goals they strive to achieve.

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  Report: Cheaper Switch model will focus on portability A new report from Nikkei claims Nintendo's rumored cut-price Switch will be geared towards portability, but will still be compatible with the console's television dock

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  Nintendo and Tencent gain approval to bring the Switch to China Nintendo and Tencent have joined forces in an attempt to bring the Switch to China, and the pair are making significant headway.

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