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Should video games be more like TV shows?
Luke O’Brian over at Slate talks about episodic gaming: Should video games be more like TV shows? I’m old now, and I’ve got to work and pay bills. I’m not alone. According to the Entertainment Software Association, the average gamer is now 33 years old, an age at which marathon gaming sessions are (usually) impossible.…
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Back in the PRC
After a 10 day trip to the US I’m now back in Hong Kong. The primary focus of the trip was to meet with potential clients for Vykarian, the Chinese art outsourcing venture. Xin and I visited 5 cities in 10 days, taking an average of 6 meetings per day. I flew from Hong Kong,…
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Vins Gagliardi | Update
The Vins Gagliardi website has gone live! If you’re over 21 you can buy some Ken Wong and American McGee labeled wines here: Vins Gagliardi
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Hong Kong to USA
Heading back to the US for the first time in over a year. I can tell because they confiscated my shaving cream at Narita before my connecting flight to Los Angeles. You know – because I might try to hi-jack the plane by … shaving everyone. WTF. I can’t help but think, if you take…
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brand new: Packaging = media
Recently Ken Wong and I were invited to work on a series of wine labels for new wine company Vins Gagliardi. Company founder Pete Gagliardi wanted to introduce the dark simplicity of our twisted fairy tale concepts to a new arena. This has been one of the more interesting and fun applications of our work.…
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Violent Drugs?
It’s always been interesting to me that in places like China and Korea, where on average there are more kids playing “violent video games”, there are fewer acts of violence linked to video games. You don’t have kids “going nuts” and gunning down schoolmates. Granted, guns aren’t easy to come by in these places, but…
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Danger – I Made This!
An interview on Gamasutra today posed some interesting questions, including: American McGee On Creative Outsourcing GS: What do you think “American McGee Presents:” in front of a game title means in the minds of gamers? AM: That depends on the gamer. I’ve seen positive and negative responses. For the “fans,” I think they have come…
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It’s All Around You – Animated Short
A great little animation highlighting the ridiculous nature of fear. Thanks to Jacob for the link: It’s All Around You – Animated Short An original animated short created specifically for the Final Destination 3: Thrill Ride Edition DVD. This sort of thinking is what Bad Day LA is based on. The idea that people worry…
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Controversial ‘BDLA’ One Of Few Video Games To Tackle War On Terror
Take that war on terror! Although sometimes tells me the war will hardly notice: MTV News “I’ve had a unique perspective being American for the last 12 or 13 years, traveling the world,” he said. “I introduce myself. I say my name is American, and it used to be it didn’t matter where I went:…
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Old Guys
Peter Molyneux, the legendary game designer responsible for games like Populous, Theme Park and The Movies, has issued a warning to future games designers regarding the new motion sensing control pads – that gamers may be too lazy to use them! In a speech made at this week’s big gaming event in Leipzig, the creator…