May 2012
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April 2012
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February 2012
2 posts
Hey there, Tunnel Snake!: As some of you may have... →
homerthompson:
As some of you may have heard, Adam Adamowicz, one of the main concept artists behind Fallout 3 and Skyrim, passed away recently.
Some of Adam’s concept art is my favorite to come out of Fallout 3, especially his sketches of the female lone wanderer and his pip boy designs. I’m quite upset about…
January 2012
7 posts
Colin Campbell x: 25 Tips for the Young Games... →
colincampbellx:
Last year I became the proud recipient of a Games Media Legend Award. It was also my 25th year since I began working in games journalism. So I felt the weird urge to write 25 tips for the young games journalist, based almost entirely on the mistakes I’ve made over the last two and and a…
December 2011
16 posts
November 2011
23 posts
takingbackwhiteamerica:
Kid Gets Copy of Skyrim Stolen Out of Hands 5 Feet... →
iheartchaos:
I just got back from the midnight release of the game, Skyrim. There was a 13 year old boy there. He walked out of the store with his fresh copy and, about 5 feet out the door, some shit-eating douchebag swiped it right out of his hands and ran with it. No one tried to stop him and I was too far away to do anything about it.
I talked to the kid. He was on the verge of tears.
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A Letter to the Developer Community
wildchocolate:
Dear Mac/iOS Developer Community,
Empathy is the ability to put yourself in someone else’s shoes who may be different from yourself and attempt to understand/have compassion towards that person’s feelings, especially if their feelings are different from your own. If you do not consider yourself to be a particularly empathetic person, there’s no need to read any further.
I...