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It seems an unlikely strategy at first: Join up with your competitors to promote your region and hope everyone reaps the benefits. But what has succeeded for Montreal and Austin is now benefitting the game development community in central North Carolina. Russ Pitts profiles the Triangle Game Initiative.
To some observers, it may seem like the ESRB has hit its stride: It boasts some of the best compliance rates of any ratings system in the U.S., and parents seem to find the ratings genuinely useful. But as Sara Grimes notes, the Board may be willfully ignorant of the challenges it faces just around the corner.
The International Game Developers Association could be a force for positive change in the industry - but first it needs to change itself. Matthew Sakey highlights a few key areas where the IGDA needs reform.
We're living in the age of Massive - MMORPGs, MMORTSs, MMOFPSs and so on. But what does the word actually mean? Brendan Main parses the terminology behind today's most popular online games.
Kara Japhet and Gregory Lincoln, both long-time staffers of The Escapist, were wed at sunset on October 3 at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens here in Durham, North Carolina.
Ben There, Dan That developer Dan Marshall led the dual life of a game journalist and an indie developer - and he thinks that all other game journalists should be forced to make games of their own.
If you haven't heard of Rocket Knight, you probably don't care that it is being remade. If you like side-scrolling platformers though, you should probably check it out.
If there are two things Ben Heckendorn loves, it's crafting immaculate homemade gaming machines and prolific actor Bill Paxton. Thankfully, Mr. Heckendorn's latest project lets him explore both.
Speaking as a dude, bullets are pretty cool. They kill stuff, they open doors, and they make red barrels instantaneously nuclear. The only way they could be any cooler is if we could watch their ballet of destruction in super slow motion.
With the Prince of Persia film in production, series creator Jordan Mechner has taken to his blog to detail the original pitch he offered to Disney executives.
