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Michael Robertson

Fellow gamers

Posted by Michael Robertson on October 31, 2009 at 3:02am — 2 Comments

Brandon Morris

Intro to Programming Course Notes

Posted by Brandon Morris on October 17, 2009 at 2:54pm — 5 Comments

Jossy Barron

Java Applet Problems

Posted by Jossy Barron on October 12, 2009 at 4:46pm — 12 Comments

Kalakian

Scratch that, it won't work

Posted by Kalakian on October 10, 2009 at 7:54pm

Brandon Morris

Skillset revalidation visit‏

Posted by Brandon Morris on October 7, 2009 at 5:45pm — 3 Comments

Jossy Barron

Version Tracking

Posted by Jossy Barron on October 5, 2009 at 11:14pm — 9 Comments

Jossy Barron

WIFI Settings

Posted by Jossy Barron on October 1, 2009 at 9:42am — 12 Comments

Jon Robertson

The Language of the Game

Posted by Jon Robertson on September 29, 2009 at 8:25pm — 1 Comment

Tam

Time wasting

Posted by Tam on September 28, 2009 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments

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Intro to Games Dev class is ON this Monday, it's Tuesday's class that are off!!!

The FORUMS (FORA?) have been recategorised to make them easier (harder?) to trawl ...

* Open Source games dev group - here

- SVGA discussions moved to here;
- GameJam discussions moved to here

- IRC channel: #wosgamers @ irc.quakenet.org
- small note: to access the forums hover the mouse over 'community'

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Ah yeah I remember now. > < I've been working a little with python recently. It's quite a nice language. Looking at Lua as well.
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No details yet on what you need to do to apply for 2010 yet - but usually they look for teams of 5 - including artists, programmers and sometimes audio or other specialists. If you are interested, it is worth seeing if you can get yourself a team ...
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Game Boy, The Ball Admitted To National Toy Hall Of Fame

Nintendo's Game Boy portable console has been added into the Strong National Museum of Play's National Toy Hall of Fame, alongside the ball. The gaming device, primarily designed by Nintendo engineer Gunpei Yokoi and introduced in 1989, "transformed the electronic-games market by popularizing handheld gaming," according to the museum's announcement of the induction. The ball has been used in innumerable activities across the entirety of known human history, with pictorial evidence dating back at least ...

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iPhone Dev Storm8 Sued Over User Data Harvesting Allegations

iPhone developer Storm8 has been served with a class action lawsuit accusing the company of collecting and transmitting its users' phone numbers without prior consent or notification. Storm8 publishers a lineup of popular multiplayer online role-playing games for the iPhone and iPod Touch, including World War, iMobsters, and Vampires Live. The suit, filed by Washington resident Michael Turner and reported by technology blog Boing Boing, alleges that Storm8 engaged in the practice of "accessing, collecting, ...

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Namco Bandai Swings To Loss In First-Half, Posts Lower Sales

Tokyo, Japan-based Tekken house Namco Bandai this week posted a net loss and lower sales for its fiscal first-half ended September 30, despite a software lineup led by subsidiary D3 Publisher's Ben 10 Alien Force. Sales for the period were ¥172.73 billion ($1.92 billion), a decrease of 9.5 percent year-on-year. The company swung to a net loss for the half, posting a loss ¥6.04 billion ($67.22 million), down from a profit last year of ¥1.28 ...

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Infinity Ward's Emslie: Animation 'First And Foremost' Key To Visual Realism

A game that looks realistic may not be as overtly "artistic" as more stylized titles, but in order to portray convincingly authentic visuals, game artists need to have an innate sense of nuance -- and an arsenal of technology -- in order to translate realism into interactive gameplay. Joel Emslie, lead artist on Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 tells Gamasutra that high polygon counts aren't the most important aspect of creating a ...

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Japanese Hardware: PS3 Closes In On Leader DSi

PlayStation 3 sales appear to have stabilized in Japan following the early September launch of the new slimmer form factor -- and this week, Sony's console outsold worldwide unit sales frontrunner Nintendo Wii for the ninth week in a row in Japan. PS3 sales for the week ended November 1 were 36,061 units, just behind the typical weekly leader, Nintendo's handheld DSi, which sold 37,517, according to Japanese tracking firm Media Create. The UMD-less PSP ...

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