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Comment In: Turning down Zynga: Why I left after the $210M Omgpop buy [News - 03/27/2012 - 03:39]

Yup, same thing happened when ...

Yup, same thing happened when Headgate studios was acquired by EA. About 5 people ended up leaving because of IP control issues. r n r nhttp://elecorn.com/blog/2006/12/headgate-assimilated-by-ea/

Comment In: No 3DS release for The Binding of Isaac due to 'questionable religious content' [News - 02/29/2012 - 04:12]

... what, for being sensitive ...

... what, for being sensitive to people of faith

Comment In: Valve games now available via GameStop's Impulse [News - 01/31/2012 - 10:16]

... I really don't see ...

... I really don't see the point of this. You still need to play the game through Steam: although the games still need to be registered using Valve's Steam client . What is the motive to buy from someone else Could Impulse possibly be giving you a better deal than ...

Comment In: Opinion: Be a deployment Boy Scout [News - 01/12/2012 - 08:38]

I try to follow this ...

I try to follow this rule when writing tools for my team. I avoid using the registry and any external / user folders. I try to keep all state information contained in the location of the tools. Not only does this make for a clean install / uninstall, it lets ...

Comment In: Microsoft eases restrictions on XBLIG development [News - 01/04/2012 - 05:28]

Great that they have a ...

Great that they have a few minor updates, but the new dash on xbox is killing indie games and more importantly Live Arcade titles. I know studios that have made live arcade games in the past that are now shifting focus elsewhere because discoverability and marketing on the new xbox ...

Comment In: The Making Of Fez, The Breaking Of Phil Fish [Feature - 12/12/2011 - 04:55]

I think there is a ...

I think there is a tendency in the indie scene to feel you need to go full boar on your projects, quit your job and work on your own game full time for it to be successful. I've seen a lot of success with people who live balanced lives and ...

Comment In: In-Depth: Creating Kinect Controls for Angry Birds [News - 12/12/2011 - 03:28]

The Kinect is a great ...

The Kinect is a great input device for doing some activities... the problem is that other input devices are so much better at so many other activities.

Comment In: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Activision's Latest Billion-Dollar Title [News - 12/12/2011 - 09:01]

Bam Take that Hollywood ...

Bam Take that Hollywood

Comment In: Opinion: Parallel Implementations [News - 11/23/2011 - 04:49]

Nice to hear some good ...

Nice to hear some good reinforcement on this method.

Comment In: Researchers Develop, Test Single-Pixel Display Embedded On Contact Lens [News - 11/23/2011 - 12:31]

Just make sure you don't ...

Just make sure you don't put them on upside down... until we embed an accelerometer into the lens... oh, and good luck trying to look at a certain part of the display... unless we also have a gyroscope embedded for detecting eye rotation. I think even if we could put ...

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