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GC 2008 - Farewell, Leipzig

Posted by Julian "Spunior" Dasgupta –
It was with a certain amount of melancholy that I traveled to Leipzig this year to attend the Games Convention. As the contract between the Leipziger Messe and the publisher organization BIU expired this year, the latter revealed plans to stage the show in Cologne from 2009 on. An expo called gamescom; the Games Convention brand belongs to the Leipziger Messe.

Gen Con 2008 Coverage

Posted by Shawn Andrich –
Gen Con has been a bit light on the video gaming front this year. If not for Dragon Age, I might have chalked it up as a bust after my first pass of the show floor. Taking a second look, there are a few games worth checking out thanks to a bevy of Euro RPGs developers and the always plucky Atari giving them a way into North America.

GWJ Visits Robot Panic

Posted by Shawn Andrich –
This week the GWJ Conference Call crew (minus Julian) paid a visit to the Drunken Gamers Podcast. You may also know them from their old name: Team Fremont Live.

An Evening With The Crappy Games Industry

Posted by Michael Zenke –
I'm sullenly slouched in the corner of a half-lit club. The music's just been turned down and I've got my voice recorder held out in front of me, like I'm presenting someone with a dead mouse. A male voice booms across the loudspeakers that were playing house trance just a few moments before. "Thank you all for coming this evening!

Games Writers Wear Brown Coats

Posted by Michael Zenke –
I know that the Will Smith sci-fi vehicle Independence Day is the preferred cultural touchstone today. “Welcome to Earth” jokes, and all that.

Prognosticating the MMO the Mouse Built

Posted by Michael Zenke –
I love Disney. Not the company, which is increasingly reaching to foul and loathesome depths in its push to get marketoys into the hands of little girls. Not even the man, though obviously he was a person to respect.

This is How I Roll (my d20)

Posted by Michael Zenke –
The normally convivial social activity that is pen and paper gaming has a dark side. Not dark like “murder/suicide pacts in the steam tunnels” dark.

Video Games Live

Posted by Shawn Andrich –
(Prederick attended Video Games Live and wrote this report. Enjoy! - Shawn)

How To Make a Podcast

Posted by Shawn Andrich –
Since we first started doing the Conference Call several people have asked us how we put it all together. Saying we do it with a couple of tin cans and some string kind of gets old, so Shawn decided we should do a write up for the front page, and then volunteered me to do it. The bastard! (This article is written by Rob Borges, in case you haven't figured it out yet - Shawn)

The Piñatas are Revolting

Posted by Michael Zenke –
The release of Rare’s Viva Piñata was a wonderful, beautiful fluke. The 360 is a fantastic console, don’t get me wrong, but the purpose of the system is pretty clear. It’s ideally suited for playing console FPS titles, hardcore action games, and other M-rated novelties.

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