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Celeb’s Play Games, Too
Instead, lots of celebrities gathered together for a friendly game of dominoes Friday night. It was the 1st annual Domino Tournament to benefit the Art of Elysium. It was hosted by Fawaz Gruossi of de Grisgono. ...
C64 games coming to Wii's Virtual Console
That "little extra" in this case happens to be Commodore 64 games for your Wii. You read that correctly, people -- C64 games are headed to the system's Virtual Console, starting with International Karate and Uridium, which will run you ...
GDC08: Meet us at Video Games Live, get swag
Some of Team Joystiq are going to Video Games Live tonight (look for the socially awkward blogger type) and we'll be bringing all the swag you see up there and more. Want it, just stop by and say hi and we'll share. Easy, right? ...
Top 10 Usability Guidelines for Games
Inside the game, the left softkey should pause the game and bring up the main menu or a pause menu. The right softkey is optional – it may be disabled completely. If enabled, it should be used for exiting the game (with confirmation). ...
The Maze Game
More Mad Mazes!
Cat and Mouse Games
Since it is only human to do -once in a while- as one pleases, I started a series about a cat wanting to catch a mouse. And because it is always easier to comment the past than the future, I can assure you that I am talking about a very ...
GDC08: Preserving Games, day 2
Today's session of the Preserving Games panel dealt mostly with the issue of preserving not-games. More specifically, game-related material in the possession of developers -- design documents, contracts, notes, emails, and any minutiae ...
AudioSurf: Ride Your Music
Sometimes the best games come with the smallest hype. Indie developer Dylan Fitterer has developed an amazing game in AudioSurf. Using one of 14 available characters, you guide your vehicle through an entirely unique "race track" (which ...
Emotiv to make mind-controlled games a reality by Christmas
Crave went hands-on with the system which required a short, six-second calibration before entering the first "game." At that point, Crave was able manipulate a simple cube on the screen with varied success at making it disappear or pull ...
The Most Balanced Games
Tell me what you think "the most balanced games" are. Don't include sports. Stuff like Chess and Backgammon, while true, isn't that helpful either. These should be competitive multiplayer games that have demonstrated they hold up to ...