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Tuesday, 15 June 2010 02:33 by dokbok
Well.. it's been a while since my last post. I don't suppose anyone reads this (if ever) except for those bots who leave really nice comments on my posts Considering that it's so late (still up coz my feet are killing me), I figured that I'd just post up pix from tonight'... [More]

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Guitar Hero 5 set list

Monday, 1 June 2009 22:44 by dokbok
 Guitar Hero 5 is set to release Sept. 1st, according to gamepro.com  Wow, the selection looks pretty damn good IMHO...   3 Doors Down A Perfect Circle AFI Attack! Attack! Band Of Horses Beastie Boys Beck Billy Idol Billy Squier Blink-182 Blur Bob Dylan Bo... [More]

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Interesting Read: Gordon Walton on MMO's in 2005

Friday, 17 April 2009 10:41 by dokbok
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Jack Thompson ... owned

Thursday, 25 September 2008 14:27 by dokbok
http://kotaku.com/5054772/jack-thompson-disbarred  http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=20408 bleh.. so the justice system kind of works after all. the guy's level of (in)sanity is like.. ...britney spears post kfed ...russell crowe, equipped w... [More]

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Austin Game Developer's Conference

Wednesday, 17 September 2008 21:15 by dokbok
Returned to Plano after the Austin Game Developer's Conference today. Overall, a memorable experience. Austin is a fun, small city with a charming bar street and good looking people. Much, much cleaner than San Francisco. 6th street is such a refreshing place to be when you've b... [More]

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Perhaps the most stupid thing I've read on the internet...

Tuesday, 2 September 2008 14:57 by dokbok
Encountered an article on Softpedia* entitled "Video Games' Violence Affects Behavior". Perhaps the most stupid thing I've read on the internet in a long time: "The problem of violence, ever more present in all video games, seems to be much more serious than previously... [More]

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Epic's Four Strategies for Winning the Industry "Arms" Race

Monday, 18 August 2008 23:33 by dokbok
Read an article on gamustra about Epic's perspective on competing for market share in the video games industry. Yes, it's hard to see how long we (the games industry) will be able to maintain a decent profit margin when costs are rising but consumer price expectations remain fixed.&nb... [More]

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DigiGirlz

Thursday, 14 August 2008 19:33 by dokbok
I volunteered at a DigiGirlz event today-- helping out one of my professors in her "Supergirlz" presentation. DigiGirlz is a wonderful event run by Microsoft. Here's a description from their webpage: DigiGirlz High Tech Camp is a technology camp for girls. Its goal is t... [More]

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Women in Games: Who Cares

Friday, 8 August 2008 19:02 by dokbok
I read a good article on gamecareerguide.com called "Op-ed: Women in Games: Who Cares" by Brenda Brathwaite. I think it sums up my personal feelings on the matter. I laughed when I read this line: "I have even scheduled the birth of my children around development schedules, an... [More]

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Barnett's Warhammer Lessons

Saturday, 2 August 2008 06:58 by dokbok
I was reading a summary of Paul Barnett's talk at the Develop conference (Brighton, England), called"Lessons Learned from the Frontline of Warhammer Online."  Pretty much stuff I've read/heard before... but two of them caught my attention: Lesson 4: Teach Old Tricks To ... [More]

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Is E3 dead?

Monday, 21 July 2008 21:46 by dokbok
I caught an interesting article (READ: http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/07/21/pachter-e3-headed-extinction)... basically recapping Michael Pachter's (Analyst, Wedbush Morgan) opinion of E3 this year. Anyway, yah... I've been to E3 once and that was in 2006-- the last of the "goo... [More]

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What happened to the Woz?

Thursday, 17 July 2008 13:38 by dokbok
You know, you read about people in a book like the The Ultimate History of Video Games and it's hard to picture them outside of the context of 'geek legend'. Well, I'm sitting here, watching "My Life on the D-List" with Kathy Griffin. And who shows up? The Woz. His ... [More]

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E3 2008: EA's Meet the Maker's Event

Wednesday, 16 July 2008 23:24 by dokbok
I went to a cocktail party today, "Meet the Makers" event thrown by EA.  It was held in downtown LA, at Club 740. The open bar (top shelf) and free food was cool. Really nice spread of finger foods. Anyway, like the other industry events I've been to, there were LCDs around show... [More]

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An RPG for the iPod?

Tuesday, 15 July 2008 02:48 by dokbok
Read this article on Gamasutra about an RPG by Square Enix for the Ipod. Square Enix has announced Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes, a new strategy RPG exclusively for the iPod which uses a player's songs to generate new 'Tune Troopers' to battle an evil Mechanical Mili... [More]

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When will they stop blaming videogames for everything?

Tuesday, 8 July 2008 07:32 by dokbok
The following is from Fox News: Georgia Tech Student Places Ad on Craigslist to Learn How to Kiss Monday , July 07, 2008 ATLANTA —  Michael McCarty, a 20-year-old Georgia Tech student, met his dream girl, a fellow college student, online 5 years ... [More]

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