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.
D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, … [ Read More... ]
Tom Hall has been in the game business for a while and although he’s not as well known as his former co-workers, he was equally important to the fun and character of early id Software games, most notably, Commander Keen & Wolfenstein 3D. He’s been working with his long time friend, John Romero, at Romero’s company Loot Drop. He recently started his own company, Pieces of Fun… [ Read More... ]
For those of us who never went to “uni” and probably never will, we miss out on some stuff. Like lectures from geniuses and visionaries. One such event that recently went down was Gabe Newell, founder of Valve Corp, speaking for LBJ School at the University of Texas. It was entitled “Productivity, Economics, Political Institutions & The Future of Corporations: Reflections of a Video Game Maker.” … [ Read More... ]
SCE Studio Liverpool was shut down last year by Sony. They were the team behind the Playstation futuristic racing game series Wipeout; a game which each Playstation console launched with an iteration of. Shortly after the studio was shutdown, 4 key members decided to start their own game development studio, which they’ve called Sawfly Studios, also located in Liverpool, England. In an interview with Gamasutra, they … [ Read More... ]