Depends on the game. Story is an element of a game. Just like a soundtrack can be an element in a movie. r n r nArguably, if you were watching a concert movie, music is very important and is a necessity. If you 're watching a documentary, maybe not so ...
The issue was the treatment of game designers as towel designers ... which ironically led to the creation of Activision... who arguably are now doing the same thing. r n r nI would argue that the crash was inevitable... the business was treating games as if they were content-agnostic commodities. ...
Even worse... why is it that if the employee does nothing wrong, they lose their job while the CEO gets a pay cut and still makes 8 times as much as the guy who lost his job Not just that... in the last YEAR it's even sadder if you look ...
As a designer with coder and art background, I think it's incredibly important for a designer to know how to code. This doesn't mean that they need to be able to do it themselves but at least enough to communicate with the code team in their language what needs to ...
@Johnny Fox Pirates pirate for a variety reasons I actually find that it's more that pirates pirate for whatever reason they can come up with. Crappy game doesn't negate the fact that a lot of people put a lot of effort into it. Read the reviews, try the demo. Nothing ...
You still need to get through Cert to be on XBLA. Not XBLIG though. XBLIG has an Evil List that's enforced by peers but it's not as strict. As someone who's done both XBLA and XBLIG, I have to say that you really cannot make any money on XBLIG. I ...
I don't have OnLive, nor am I interested in it yet . What the 50 gift card does allow me to do is play a completely different game possibly more than one on any of my systems. Does an Deus Ex OnLive coupon do that Thought not. So the question ...
I've always said that we work in an industry where it's more important to have something done than for it to be good. My trials and tribulations in the games industry probably took longer than average I'm about 6-7 years in and I only started to get to work on ...
