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Violent Drugs?
It’s always been interesting to me that in places like China and Korea, where on average there are more kids playing “violent video games”, there are fewer acts of violence linked to video games. You don’t have kids “going nuts” and gunning down schoolmates. Granted, guns aren’t easy to come by in these places, but…
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Danger – I Made This!
An interview on Gamasutra today posed some interesting questions, including: American McGee On Creative Outsourcing GS: What do you think “American McGee Presents:” in front of a game title means in the minds of gamers? AM: That depends on the gamer. I’ve seen positive and negative responses. For the “fans,” I think they have come…
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It’s All Around You – Animated Short
A great little animation highlighting the ridiculous nature of fear. Thanks to Jacob for the link: It’s All Around You – Animated Short An original animated short created specifically for the Final Destination 3: Thrill Ride Edition DVD. This sort of thinking is what Bad Day LA is based on. The idea that people worry…
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Controversial ‘BDLA’ One Of Few Video Games To Tackle War On Terror
Take that war on terror! Although sometimes tells me the war will hardly notice: MTV News “I’ve had a unique perspective being American for the last 12 or 13 years, traveling the world,” he said. “I introduce myself. I say my name is American, and it used to be it didn’t matter where I went:…
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Old Guys
Peter Molyneux, the legendary game designer responsible for games like Populous, Theme Park and The Movies, has issued a warning to future games designers regarding the new motion sensing control pads – that gamers may be too lazy to use them! In a speech made at this week’s big gaming event in Leipzig, the creator…
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Ken Wong Art Store
My favorite art guy, Ken Wong, has just built an online store where you can buy prints of his work. You’ll find some cool, twisted fairytale type stuff there, along with a lot of other recognizably “Ken” surreal goodness.
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Bad Day L.A. Goes Gold
Good day for Bad Day LA: American McGee Presents Bad Day L.A. Goes Gold August 22, 2006 – Aspyr Media today announced that American McGee Presents: Bad Day L.A for the PC has gone gold and will beginning shipping to North American stores nationwide next week. This third-person action/adventure game, developed by acclaimed designer American…
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Anti-American
Love it or hate it, people certainly have strong feelings about the demo. And, as you can see be some of the comments being made, they have pretty strong feelings about me personally. I guess that’s to be expected when a guy puts his name on top of everything he makes. A couple of thoughts…
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Awful Day LA
What can I say… Something Awful: The Internet Makes You Stupid Just as Alice took existing material and showed a lack of creativity by dumbing down and “darkening” an already dark tale, Bad Day LA stubs its toe on the foundation laid by South Park. It has a simplistic style, it has politics, it has…