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A roundtable concerning MMOs with Raph Koster, of Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies fame. Unfortunately I haven't been able to determine who his peers are, nor when or where this footage was taken. Please let me know if you recognize it.

By evansims

Tags : a theory of fun, game design, game development, massively multiplayer, mmo, raph koster, star wars galaxies, ultima online, vgdg

The Net interviews Cyan (1998)

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:26:38 GMT

Great interview from The Net circa 1998 about Cyan, the Miller brothers and their sequel to Myst, Riven.

By evansims

Tags : 1998, Cyan Worlds (3:24) , Game Design, Game Development, Myst (0:23) , Rand Miller (1:15) , Riven (0:40) , Robyn Miller (1:07) , Spokane (1:49) , Television, The Net, VGDG, Washington (1:49) , environments (2:33) , influence (2:33) , inspiration (2:33)

OCDE: Games in Education

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:18:39 GMT

In 2006, Orange County's Department of Education produced a short, 20 minute podcast on the uses of games in education. If you can get past the public access production quality, there's quite a lot of interesting information here.

By evansims

Tags : Second Life (18:21) , augmented reality (19:39) , edutainment, game design, game development, podcast, serious games, vgdg

IBM's PowerUp

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:18:43 GMT

©IBM Labs IBM's PowerUp project places you and your peers with the tricky task of saving your alien planet from certain ecological disaster in this interesting new multiplayer simulation.

By evansims

Tags : game design, game development, massively multiplayer, serious games, simulations

Noah Falstein Keynote at AGDS 2006

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:50:46 GMT

By evansims

Tags : AGDS, Asian Game Developers Summit, game design, game development, keynote, lecture, serious games, vgdg

Project Offset Technology Preview

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:54:24 GMT

©2005 Offset Software Project Offset is the brainchild of Sam McGrath, Travis Stringer and Trevor Stringer formerly of S2 Games (responsible for the very successful Savage games). Beginning the self-funded project in a small apartment, independent studio Offset Software and it's impressive game engine have grown considerably over the years. This technology video is three years old, but be sure to visit their site for updated screenshots and other videos. Note: Offset Software was aquired by Intel in February, 2008.

By evansims

Tags : game design, game development, game engines, project offset, vgdg

ImpactGames Peacemaker

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:28:27 GMT

©2006 ImpactGames Designed primarily by a group of university students from across the world, Peacemaker is a Serious Game designed to put the player at the heavy task of bringing peace to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. More Information Download the Demo

By evansims

Tags : game design, game development, impactgames, peacemaker, serious games, vgdg