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	February 22, 2012

		Postmortem: Days of Wonder's Ticket to Ride Pocket [1]

		Sponsored Feature: Canada - Scoring High as a Game Nation [1]

		The Vita Interview [18]


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	February 22, 2012


		Piracy and the four currencies [4]

		The Secondary Costs of Outsourcing [9]

		Sixty to Zero [3]

		The Combinatorial Itch [5]

		God Games and the Superman Complex [12]


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	February 22, 2012

		Spark Unlimited, Inc. Senior Graphics Engineer

		Avalanche Studios Graphics Programmer, New York

		Penn State Erie, The Behrend College Interactive Media Game Development Faculty Position

		BioWare Austin Marketing Analyst

		Spark Unlimited, Inc. Lead Gameplay Engineer

		Playdom Server Programmer


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	February 22, 2012


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		Combat Arms Whips up a Gun Frenzy

		MocoSpace Unveils Five New HTML5 Mobile Social...

		Waveform arriving on Steam in early March!

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		Interview: Silver Dollar uses XBLIG for its mad experiments by Mike Rose [02.22.12] If you've dabbled in Xbox Live Indie Games, then you'll no doubt have crossed paths with Silver Dollar Games. Gamasutra talks to founder Jon Flook about his upcoming game One Finger Death Punch. Console/PC, Indie, Console Digital, Exclusive, Business

		Road to the IGF: Game Oven's Fingle by Eric Caoili [02.22.12] As part of Gamasutra's Road to the IGF series, Game Oven's Adriaan de Jongh and Bojan Endrovski talk about their intimate iPad game Fingle, one of the finalists for IGF's Nuovo Award. Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Exclusive, IGF/OnLive , Design

		3 Code Hero teaches programming through gaming by Mike Rose [02.22.12] A new teaching tool for programming called Code Hero has taken it right down to the wire, fulfilling its Kickstarter pledge total of $100,000 just days before it was set to expire. Console/PC, Exclusive, Programming, Business

		4 The decline of video game retail in the UK by Matt Matthews [02.22.12] In his latest Behind the Numbers column, Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews examines January's dismal UK game retail sales, comparing the U.S and UK market declines. Console/PC, Exclusive, Business

		Ticket to Ride Pocket devs on the perils of switching tools during development by Staff [02.22.12] In Gamasutra's latest postmortem, Days of Wonder's CTO and lead developer explain how switching to new versions of tools can wreak havoc with schedules. Smartphone/Tablet, Exclusive, Programming, Production

		25 Opinion: Does the Vita cast too wide a net? by Leigh Alexander [02.21.12] Gamasutra's Leigh Alexander looks at the PlayStation Vita and wonders: does it matter that it's a fine all-around device when its wide-net approach -- and notable weakness in marketing -- may challenge its success? Console/PC, Exclusive, Business

		1 EA's Bernard Kim on taking The Simpsons freemium by Chris Morris [02.21.12] EA social and mobile vice president Bernard Kim explains to Gamasutra why America's most treasured dysfunctional family just might give the company the Smurfs' Village its portfolio lacks. Console/PC, Exclusive, Business

		7 Sony: Long-term Vita strategy will avoid PSP-like software 'droughts' by Staff [02.21.12] In a new feature interview, Sony SVP Scott Rohde tells Gamasutra all about the "incredibly vast difference between the launch of PSP and the launch of Vita" and what that means for the future of the new portable. Console/PC, Exclusive, Business

		1 Road to the IGF: State of Play's Lume by Eric Caoili [02.21.12] As part of Gamasutra's Road to the IGF series, State of Play's Luke Whittaker discusses IGF's Excellence in Visual Arts nominee Lume, and how he helped craft the adventure game's unique aesthetic and concept. Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Exclusive, IGF/OnLive , Design

		12 Opinion: Where's that glorious transmedia future? by Leigh Alexander [02.20.12] Gamasutra's Leigh Alexander takes a look at how film and other media are doing at leveraging brands into the world of games, finding slow progress toward that popular transmedia vision. Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Exclusive, Business

		How identity functions in games by Staff [02.20.12] As part of a new Gamasutra feature, Badgeville's Tony Ventrice takes a closer look at identity -- which can be "the opportunity to experiment with changing your persona". Console/PC, Social/Online, Exclusive, Design

		1 Road to the IGF: Thechineseroom's Dear Esther by John Polson, Lewie Procter [02.20.12] As part of Gamasutra's Road to the IGF series, Robert Briscoe and Dan Pinchbeck of Thechineseroom discuss their mod turned commercial title Dear Esther and its IGF nomination. Indie, Exclusive, IGF/OnLive , Design

		3 The BBC's big play for the game space, led by Dr. Who by Christian Nutt [02.20.12] Gamasutra speaks to Robert Nashak, head of the BBC's new game division, about the Three Rings-developed MMO Dr. Who: Worlds in Time, along with the Three Rings team. Social/Online, Exclusive, Business

		Kabam: MMO and social cross-pollination is complete by Staff [02.17.12] In Gamasutra's latest feature, Kabam VP Matt Ricchetti argues that the casual social and hardcore social mechanics of Facebook games and MMOs have gelled together into one toolbox, and offers useful heuristics for social game design. Social/Online, Exclusive, Design

		1 Road to the IGF: Matthew Weise's The Snowfield by John Polson [02.17.12] As part of Gamasutra's Road to the IGF series, indie developer Matthew Weise discusses his IGF Student Showcase-nominated The Snowfield, which tackles the aftermath of war and the despair of loss. Console/PC, Indie, Exclusive, IGF/OnLive , Design

		Management shakeup at APB: Reloaded publisher GamersFirst by Kris Graft [02.16.12] Joshua Hong, CEO of APB: Reloaded publisher and GamersFirst parent K2 Network, has stepped down from his position with the company amid a management shakeup, Gamasutra can confirm. Social/Online, Exclusive, Business

		47 Sony and Valve: A tale of two hacking responses by Chris Morris [02.16.12] When Sony announced that customer data from its PlayStation Network was accessed by hackers, gamers and the media were furious. So why did Valve seem to get a pass under similar circumstances? Console/PC, Exclusive, Business

		Ngmoco's Cousins: Tablets more like consoles than smartphones by Staff [02.16.12] As part of a new Gamasutra feature on whether tablets will leapfrog consoles in game graphics, quality and appeal, the outspoken head of Ngmoco's new Stockholm, Sweden-based studio, Ben Cousins, offers his take on what will be crucial in creating a tablet game. Smartphone/Tablet, Exclusive, Design

		8 Tecmo Koei: Japan's culture a 'huge treasure' in competitive market by Leigh Alexander [02.16.12] Tecmo Koei's veteran Dynasty Warriors producer Kenichi Ogasawara says that rather than trying to ape ideas of "Western" games, Japan can compete by finding new ways to communicate its cultural treasures. Console/PC, Exclusive, Business

		Road to the IGF: Amanita Design's Botanicula by Tom Curtis [02.16.12] As part of the continuing Road to the IGF series, Gamasutra speaks to Amanita Design to learn more about its newest point and click adventure game, the whimsical and visually-striking Botanicula. Console/PC, Exclusive, IGF/OnLive , Art, Design


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