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Alt.GDC: Earth’s Digital Doppelganger

Blake Maloof

I design games for work and for fun. I recently graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design, and am now employed as a designer at Toys for Bob.

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March 6th, 2012 14

The Outerra engine has found a unique solution to the problem of generating massive, photo-realistic environments: Base them on real data from Earth. All of Earth.

I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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@seanragan

March 6th, 2012 12

In the spirit of our ongoing alt.GDC coverage, I thought I’d take just a second to talk about what looks, from my humble vantage, to be The Next Big Thing in video games.

Interview with Greg Broadmore at GDC

By Blake Maloof

Blake Maloof

I design games for work and for fun. I recently graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design, and am now employed as a designer at Toys for Bob.

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March 5th, 2012 10

Blake Maloof catches up with the amazing and talented Weta Workshop concept artist and super raygun artificer, Greg Broadmore.

Fridge Magnet Game Dev at GDC

By Blake Maloof

Blake Maloof

I design games for work and for fun. I recently graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design, and am now employed as a designer at Toys for Bob.

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March 5th, 2012 6

When does fridge magnet poetry not suck? When it’s generating crowdsourced game designs being rendered by famous concept artists?

Alt.GDC: Gaming from a Maker’s POV

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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@garethb2

March 5th, 2012 0

MAKE goes to GDC to see what’s relevant to makers.

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Alt.GDC: Earth’s Digital Doppelganger

By Blake Maloof

Blake Maloof

Alt.GDC: Rocksmith FTW

By Sean Michael Ragan

Sean Michael Ragan

@seanragan

Interview with Greg Broadmore at GDC

By Blake Maloof

Blake Maloof

Fridge Magnet Game Dev at GDC

By Blake Maloof

Blake Maloof

Alt.GDC: Gaming from a Maker’s POV

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

@garethb2

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