Ralph Baer, 90-year-old Video Game Pioneer
This is an excellent short profile of video game pioneer Ralph Baer. He’s 90 and still inventing.
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Alt.GDC: Take THAT Academy Awards!
Last night’s Independent Games Festival and Game Developers Choice Awards were as heart-warming as they were inspirational.
Game Developers Choice Awards are LIVE!
Game Developers Choice Awards about to start! Watch it stream on GameSpot.
Alt.GDC: Jousting with Move Controllers
In the back corner of Expo Hall, you might notice a group of wand-wielding gamers pacing around each other, eager to strike. They’re playing Johann Sebastian Joust, a screen-less game which uses PlayStation Move controllers.
Alt.GDC: Earth’s Digital Doppelganger
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.
Alt.GDC: Rocksmith FTW
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.
Fridge Magnet Game Dev at GDC
When does fridge magnet poetry not suck? When it’s generating crowdsourced game designs being rendered by famous concept artists?
