For many, Tom Hall is known as the co-founder of id Software and co-creator of the genre changing games, Doom and Wolfenstein 3D. Despite all that, a game he holds much more dearly to his heart is Commander Keen. Tom Hall spent the last decade doing everything from independent game design, to high profile mobile ports, to highly successful social game design. After a … [ Read More... ]
Designer of the hit game Playstation 3 game Journey and owner of Thatgamecompany, Jenova Chen, gave a very interesting and personal speech at this years D.I.C.E. He goes over many concepts on how to make games and specifically, online games, a personal and emotional experience. Some of the challenges he goes over also include how to avoid players feeling left out, avoiding players hurting each other, and to … [ Read More... ]
id Software has made some of our favorite games of all time and some of the most revered titles of all time. As a company they’ve grown and changed tremendously over the years, not just in their staff, but also in the games they make. They started off with classic style platforming games, then eventually moved on to making the prototypes of the modern FPS. Eventually, they made … [ Read More... ]
Co-Founder and President of Valve, Gabe Newell, gave the keynote speech for D.I.C.E. 2013. He goes over how the PC will be a part of gaming in your living room. He also goes over user created content and its value to the gaming industry. Furthermore, he discusses cloud gaming. The keynote is entitled “A View on Next Steps” and was recorded today.
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