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Posted by Alex Covic on Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:23:00 EDT in
Families of the victims of a school attack in a town called Winnenden, (Germany) organized a demonstration on October 17th in Stuttgart. They are proclaiming "Families against Killlergames" - "Return your game & win a t-shirt"
Know your video game market! A recently published study about the Internet usage in Germany. Almost 70% of Germans are online. More than 43 Million over 14 years are online. DSL/Broadband in 2009 61,5 %
I found a niche how I can maybe be helpful to the Gamasutra Community: I will report and comment about the video games business in Germany. I was born there and live in that country for around 40 years. I'm neither working nor associated with any company.
The upcoming election in Germany is in full throttle and the Christian Conservative Family Minister 'von der Leyen' wants to ban all First Person Shooters, neither sold nor produced in GER. This could lead to an increase of piracy and major sales losses.
One of the sad things about this industry is the fact that somebody like Warren Spector has to fight to get any of his ideas or games done. The first one and only Deus Ex - pre 9/11 - had an almost prophetic scenario, also thanks to the good writing. ...
Update on the event: it is a great success it seems so far Just click on the YouTube video if you're interested. Nonetheless people in Germany Twitter about it and write Blogs. http://www.netzpolitik.org/2009/container-aktion-des-aktionsbuendnis-winnenden/ Part of the appeal of the new political party called the 'Pirate Party' in Germany is their ...
I think this is a very smart business move for Epic. The question remains Where do we get this people Japanese programmers/developers who are fluent in English or vice versa are rare . The demands from customers are very high and demanding. Still, selling their engine and supporting it locally, ...
Elaborate article tip my hat. In the 80s I read an academic magazine about game theory nothing to do with 'video games' and the definition in one article was truly simple: 1. Create a closed world 2. Define 'entities' within the world 3. Define a set of rules. GO That's ...
Throughout this great interview and the talk about the oh so sophisticated 'hiring process' I had ONE name burned in my mind and one question that went with it: KEN, WHY IN THE HELL DID YOU THAN HIRE SHAWN ELLIOTT HAHA... - explain this in a rational way. Not enough ...
@Katie :- that was as funny as it was probably true. In a couple of years rather sooner than later this discussion will be obsolete. No more copies. Every game will be an unlockable one-time service from the cloud to the device of your choice.
