Posts Tagged ‘ Game Industry ’
url='http://www.anjelsyndicate.org/2010/02/14/subscriptions-with-an-item-mall-oh-noes/';username='AnjelSyndicate';The Subscription plus Item mall debate is something that rages on and on these days. People come up with witty equations to illustrate the differences. Comparing the price of; (Insert unrelated product here) to the price of a game subscription. It’s all very cute and all, but the primary arguments, generally aren’t based completely in [ READ MORE ]
url='http://www.anjelsyndicate.org/2009/12/23/is-facebook-one-of-the-four-horsemen-of-the-gaming-apocalypse/';username='AnjelSyndicate'; When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for [ READ MORE ]
url='http://www.anjelsyndicate.org/2009/11/11/game-job-cuts-and-whats-next/';username='AnjelSyndicate'; The recent news about the job cuts at EA prompted some thoughts as well as thinking about the spurt of indie films that have achieved a lot with a very small budget. One of the things that discussed all the time about game development is the cost of development. The cost of tools, team, and [ READ MORE ]
url='http://www.anjelsyndicate.org/2009/10/18/the-symphony-of-games/';username='AnjelSyndicate';For the majority of time we’ve had video games there’s been music attached to them. It a fact music can trigger memories and sometimes music can just spontaneously pop into our head at the strangest time. Like any good gamer, most of the music that pops into my mind and the strangest times is game [ READ MORE ]
url='http://www.anjelsyndicate.org/2009/10/11/inside-outside-alt-world-game-design/';username='AnjelSyndicate';Here’s a strange thought, that occurred to me the more I thought about Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize, the different reactions to it, and just the state of the world. Now following along with me while I delve into this thought train for a moment, even though it might not make any sense. We have [ READ MORE ]
url='http://www.anjelsyndicate.org/2009/10/08/i-have-this-great-idea-now-what/';username='AnjelSyndicate'; There this thing that I see many times over the years. Certainly within the gaming community, all kinds of people have great ideas about the next “Great Game Idea”. Of course the realities that go into making a game aren’t involved in their thought process about what it takes or how to go about making [ READ MORE ]
url='http://www.anjelsyndicate.org/2009/09/28/players-only-rewriting-game-journalism-commentary/';username='AnjelSyndicate';Having watched all of this season of Digital Trends – Players Only, by far this is I think the best episode I’ve seen. There’s a lot of truth in that, especially for gaming blogs.Of which there is an uncountable amount of them as everyone and their dog has opinions on games, on gaming, and on [ READ MORE ]
url='http://www.anjelsyndicate.org/2009/09/26/hardcore-casual-gamers-how-bizzare/';username='AnjelSyndicate'; Now we all know the argument between what makes a casual game player and a hardcore game player and that particular debate is going to continue raging back and forth probably for the rest of the foreseeable future. And far be it for me to interject my opinion on that one. However, I have noticed [ READ MORE ]
url='http://www.anjelsyndicate.org/2009/09/22/sifting-for-gold-user-generated-content/';username='AnjelSyndicate'; User generated content isn’t a new concept really. It’s been around for quite some time now, primarily in PC gaming space at first but as the consoles have opened their doors to homebrew creations it’s growing in significance. There’s always a debate on the quality of the content being created and the amount to which [ READ MORE ]
url='http://www.anjelsyndicate.org/2009/09/11/video-games-children-education/';username='AnjelSyndicate';Right so as the gaming community is now chewing on the speech by President Obama with his usual comment regarding video games, I had a conversation the other day with Epi on this issue. So like anything else in the world that pings my brain for longer then 5 seconds I’m going to write it [ READ MORE ]