RPG Crossings - Software

Skotos Publishes Two New Gaming Columns

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 14:36:48 -0500

BERKELEY, CA, February 21, 2006 - Skotos Tech, long-time publisher of online gaming articles, this month added two new columns to its regular rotation: Perspectives, by Sam Liu, and Lessons from the Live Team, by Sandra Powers. These and other columns are all available at http://www.skotos.net/articles.

Fantasy Game Creators Are "Dark Menaces"

Wed, 08 Feb 2006 10:01:38 -0500

Tom Filsinger has published a memoir on creativity called “The Dark Menace of the Universe”

Monsters and demons from Hell. Cosmic adventurers who fight strange and powerful aliens. Gothic warriors that battle the undead.

Microsoft gaming chief discusses player-driven experiences

Tue, 07 Feb 2006 17:11:13 -0500

From Ars Technica, 2/7/2006 12:40:41 PM

J Allard, who heads Microsoft's Xbox game division and is the Chief Architect of the XNA gaming software development program, spoke yesterday at the Entertainment Gathering 2006 conference in Los Angeles, California.

Student Gallery: Rockstar San Diego's Eric Lin

Mon, 06 Feb 2006 21:21:11 -0500

In this latest Gamasutra student gallery, we present a selection of artwork from the portfolio of Rockstar San Diego's senior concept artist Eric Lin, whose artwork and character designs have been used in games such as Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition, Spy Hunter 2 and Test Drive Off-Road: Wide Open.

American Indians Call For 'Gun' Boycott

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:59:50 -0500

Representatives of the Association for American Indian Development (AAID) have announced the launch of a boycotting campaign against Activision for publishing Neversoft's Western title Gun. In a statement on website www.boycottgun.com, they complain that the game contains “very disturbing racist and genocidal elements toward Native Americans”.

Spacewar! -- First Video Game -- Recreated

Mon, 16 Jan 2006 22:09:15 -0500

Spacewar! the First Video Game Recreated and Available Online
January 16, 2006

By Alice Hill
RealTechNews

When most people think of “retro gaming” they usually conjur up images of Pac Man and Breakout or maybe Asteroids. But to go truly retro - you have to go back to the grandaddy of them all - Spacewar! (The game uses an exclamation point as part of its name.) Spacewar! was invented on a mainframe computer, the DEC PDP-1 to be exact. If that doesn’t ring a bell, let’s just say Bill Gates was a gangly teen and he loved playing Spacewar!. But alas - the game dissolved into space when the platform became obsolete. Or did it?

Baldur's Gate (FR)

Sat, 14 Jan 2006 13:24:49 -0500

Author:
Philip Athans

Type:
Novel

Jacket Text:

Someone is sabotaging the iron mines of the Sword Coast, pushing powerful realms toward a bloody war, and a young mercenary toward an unimaginable secret.

Evil gods, giant spiders, murderous doppelgangers, flesh-eating ghouls, and wicked Zhentarim come to life in the action-packed novelization of the Baldur's Gate computer game form BioWare and Interplay.

Xbox 360 Final Fantasy Beta To Start

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 23:02:30 -0500

Today (Jan. 6) marks the opening of the North American Xbox 360 beta! The free beta comes packaged inside the February issue of Official Xbox Magazine which hits stands on January 17th. Once you've gotten hold of the game, head over to the registration website to obtain the codes to activate your account. Our previous beta resulted in many strong friendships that carried over into the launch of the game in North America. We hope to achieve the same level of excitement with the Xbox 360 beta as well. See you in Vana'diel!

Link: http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/index.shtml

Turbine Lifts Confidentiality Obligations for DnDO

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 22:51:03 -0500

Turbine is pleased to announce that the confidentiality obligations in the Preview and Non-Disclosure Agreement for the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ONLINE™: Stormreach™ Beta have been lifted earlier than anticipated. This means players in the Beta Program and those who took part in the Stress Test Events are free to talk about the game on public forums. After getting so much positive feedback from our Beta players, we felt it was time to let them share their opinions and praise for DDO with the rest of the MMOG community.

Rest more here: http://www.ddo.com/

Hey Buddy, Gotta Yen?

Sat, 24 Dec 2005 01:20:27 -0500

Space Invaders proved so addictive that it not only inaugurated an entire video game paradigm, it caused a nationwide coin shortage in Japan.

RPG Cliches

Tue, 06 Dec 2005 15:24:24 -0500

A "free stay at the inn" is never really free. Expect to be woken up in the middle of the night for a mandatory plot event.

RPG Cliches

Tue, 06 Dec 2005 15:23:57 -0500

Buildings are much, much larger on the inside than on the outside, and that doesn't even count the secret maze of tunnels behind the clock in the basement.

RPG Cliches

Tue, 06 Dec 2005 15:21:09 -0500

If you're unsure about what to do next, ask all the townspeople nearby. They will either all strongly urge you to do something, in which case you must immediately go out and do that thing, or else they will all strongly warn you against doing something, in which case you must immediately go out and do that thing.