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The Experience of Power, the Power of Experience

Posted by Dave "grobstein" Gottlieb –
Games have learned to give us a heady experience of power, freedom from restraint both physical and moral. I spent hours a day for weeks hijacking the tank in Grand Theft Auto 3 so that I could roll down the street crushing cars and people and shooting fire trucks with 10-inch shells. Mayhem plus impunity brews a strong potion.

Call For Writers Comes to an End

Posted by Sean "Elysium" Sands –
As the deadline for writing submissions passes, I can say without any sense of reservation or exaggeration that the response far exceeded expectations. But now that it's all over, I know many of you are anxious to know the results and I'm proud to announce that the winner is ... ... probably not even going to be decided upon until sometime next week.

Call For Writers -- 2009 : Update

Posted by Sean "Elysium" Sands –
The 2009 Call for Writers is in full swing, and frankly the competition is fierce. We've had a significant response to our initial post, which you can find here, and I already somewhat fear the Herculean task of having to make hard decisions among a field of outstanding submissions.
XKCD In the Rain

In Defense of DRM (And the Importance of Steam)

Posted by Michael Zenke –
Arguing about Digital Rights Management (DRM) is a lot like talking politics or religion. The two sides immediately polarize into their respective camps and begin lobbing angry comments at each other over blog-walls and forum moderators.

2008 GWJ Community Game of the Year Awards

Posted by Sean "Elysium" Sands –
As a rule, we at Gamerswithjobs avoid putting together any kind of intenal Game of the Year awards, primarily because the debate over the value and standards of such a thing would result in bloodshed, assault charges and the very likely ritual suicide of our own literary leporidae.

The Impact of Gaming's Gift

Posted by Michael Zenke –
One Christmas gift, given more than two decades ago, changed my life. No joke, a single present under the tree forever tainted my choices that would follow. It was a NES, given the year they came out in the US and procured by a mother that still-won’t-let-me-forget that she drove to the next state over to get it.

Merry Christmas from GWJ

Posted by Sean "Elysium" Sands –
As I sit here in my hand-knit and super-awesome Jayne hat replica -- a treasured gift which I can only assure you looks terrific on me -- I want to take this opportunity to wish the GWJ community a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Prosperous New Years from all of us.

A Reminder of Place

Posted by Michael Zenke –
My heel scrapes across a rock, disturbing the crystalline silence. I freeze. It’s full daylight out, but beneath the arched boughs of some urban foliage there is a deep shade, almost darkness. I involuntarily hold my breath, waiting to see if anyone heard me. No one did. There’s no one around to hear. Letting out the breath, I slowly move deeper into the bushes.

That Hazy Red Area

Posted by Christos "Sententia" Reid –
What Washington needs is adult supervision. – Barack Obama.

The Feeling of Fable

Posted by Michael Zenke –
“Sequels are tricky things, aren’t they?” Molyneux intones from offcamera. “I love playing around with new ideas and innovation, that’s why we set up Lionhead.” The camera shakily pulls back from a close-in shot of a generic hero character facing out into a generic fantasy universe to reveal the well-known British games designer.

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