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Your place for computer game reviews, discussion, commentary from the perspective of a Senior Engineer and lifelong pc gamer.

http://www.kevinmandeville.com/weblog/blogger.html
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covert.c's thought matrix on computer games, MMOs and design

http://covertcreative.blogspot.com
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Friday August 18 2006 03:30
Wednesday May 07 2008 18:01
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The travails of a game designer living in Southeast Asia, his journey to fulfill his dream as a creator of that which he loves, and his take on the game industry from the other side of the world.

http://www.fuelfactor.net/3wgd/
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Friday March 10 2006 08:50
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Explorations in the world of independent game development.

http://sonicron.solaristudios.com
http://sonicron.solaristudios.com/feed/
Sunday September 23 2007 00:30
Thursday May 01 2008 16:21
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Business, Technology and Video Games

http://m3mnoch.wordpress.com
http://m3mnoch.wordpress.com/feed/
Tuesday May 06 2008 10:30
Wednesday May 07 2008 18:11
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A blog from b0r3d at 1Up.com. Get your own blog by visiting http://www.1up.com.

http://www.1up.com/do/my1Up?publicUserId=5619584&Dispatch=Display
http://www.1up.com/do/journalRSS?Dispatch=Display&publicUserId=5619584
Friday April 13 2007 06:01
Wednesday May 07 2008 11:40
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If it breaks, you get to keep both parts

http://www.blackwood.dk/weblog
http://www.blackwood.dk/weblog/feed/rss2/
Monday December 31 2007 17:45
Tuesday April 29 2008 21:04
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Rambling musings, very occasionally about massively multiplayer games.

http://www.brokentoys.org
http://www.brokentoys.org/wordpress/wp-rss2.php
Thursday May 08 2008 19:15
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Games For Everyone Else

http://spaces.msn.com/members/ninjack/
http://spaces.msn.com/members/ninjack/feed.rss
Tuesday May 30 2006 12:45
Tuesday April 29 2008 20:59
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Charlie's blog on game design, development and business

http://www.charliecleveland.com/
http://www.charliecleveland.com/index.rdf
Thursday September 29 2005 15:15
Tuesday April 29 2008 21:00
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davidjaffe's ModBlog

http://davidjaffe.modblog.com/
http://davidjaffe.modblog.com/backend/modblog/modblogs.rss.php
Friday September 29 2006 22:15
Thursday May 08 2008 09:28
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A collection of gaming thoughts, various and sundry topics, whatever is in my head or at my fingertips.

http://designsynthesis.blogspot.com
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Friday February 22 2008 08:30
Tuesday April 29 2008 20:58
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Your source for game and graphics development

http://www.devmaster.net/
http://www.devmaster.net/rss/
Sunday March 12 2006 16:10
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This blog will be all about my new game. The game is a 3d top down space scroller; a bit like Xenon2. It will be created with VB.Net using managed Directx 9. The blog will include the development issues I encounter, the game ideas I have, concept drawings and story ideas. This is an ongoing …

http://vbside.blogspot.com
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Friday January 04 2008 00:15
Tuesday April 29 2008 21:02
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MMORPGs, gaming, education, society, life, and one group's attempt to make sense of it all

http://everkvetch.blogs.com/everkvetch/
http://everkvetch.blogs.com/everkvetch/index.rdf
Tuesday March 04 2008 17:01
Tuesday April 29 2008 21:02
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http://flashofsteel.com
http://feeds.feedburner.com/FlashOfSteel
Thursday May 08 2008 16:15
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http://flashofsteel.com
http://www.flashofsteel.com/wp-rss.php
Friday May 09 2008 16:45
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http://www.fuelgames.com/blog
http://www.fuelgames.com/blog/?feed=rss2
Thursday May 08 2008 21:15
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A blog about game programming

http://gamedevelopmentdiary.blogspot.com
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Monday July 04 2005 06:41
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An engineering look at the game development process

http://www.gamesfromwithin.com/
http://www.gamesfromwithin.com/index.xml
Monday November 13 2006 08:01
Thursday May 08 2008 14:56
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Independent videogame news, reviews, previews and more since 1995.

http://www.gamesfirst.com
http://gamesfirst.com/rss.php
Sunday April 06 2008 20:15
Thursday May 08 2008 14:54
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Perspectives from in and around the business of rolegaming on its present condition and possible futures. Here be some ranting, but no doomsaying.

http://gamethink.blogspot.com
http://gamethink.blogspot.com/rss/gamethink.xml
Friday April 20 2007 22:45
Thursday May 08 2008 14:55
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IBM leaders discuss the future of gaming

http://gametomorrow.com/blog
http://www.gametomorrow.com/blog/wp-rss2.php
Monday April 28 2008 19:01
Thursday May 08 2008 14:54
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Deep Video Game Ideas

http://gametruthdotorg.blogspot.com
http://feeds.feedburner.com/Gametruth
Friday May 09 2008 09:15
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Deep Video Game Ideas

http://gametruthdotorg.blogspot.com
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Friday May 09 2008 09:15
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Ron Gilbert's often incoherent and bitter ramblings about the Game Industry

http://grumpygamer.com
http://www.grumpygamer.com/rss2.0
Sunday April 27 2008 00:01
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personal reflections on computer games and other art forms

http://www.stechmann.com/blog
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Sunday March 05 2006 14:40
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http://indiegamedev.tucows.com/blog
http://indiegamedev.tucows.com/blog/index.xml
Friday October 28 2005 15:05
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Research on computer games, comic books, and mass media franchises.

http://www.earthx.org/
http://www.earthx.org/node/feed
Saturday April 29 2006 17:45
Monday May 05 2008 04:16
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jay bibby's rants and raves of flash games and gameplay.

http://www.jayisgames.com/
http://jayisgames.com/index.xml
Friday May 09 2008 16:45
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If I had something to say I would put up a web-page. This is a blog.

http://www.mythicalblog.com/
http://mythicalblog.com/blog/feed/
Sunday October 28 2007 01:30
Tuesday April 29 2008 21:04
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http://www.kqed.org/weblog/joystick/index.jsp
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Monday November 12 2007 21:01
Tuesday April 29 2008 21:04
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Scott Brodie's thoughts on creativity and the design process.

http://www.msu.edu/~brodies1/log/index.html
http://www.msu.edu/~brodies1/log/feed.xml
Wednesday January 10 2007 12:15
Tuesday April 29 2008 21:00
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The thoughts of a video game Level Designer - http://www.levelarchitect.com.

http://anichols.blogspot.com
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Sunday June 24 2007 18:15
Tuesday April 29 2008 21:00
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This site contains two topics: - Essays on the economics and process of game design. - Galleries of illustrations.

http://lostgarden.com/index.html
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Sunday April 13 2008 22:30
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M

http://www.livejournal.com/users/eyebeams/
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Wednesday May 07 2008 09:01
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The Adventure

http://makemacgames.com
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Wednesday September 12 2007 21:45
Tuesday April 29 2008 21:02
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The Personal Rants of Corvus Elrod

http://blog.pjsattic.com/corvus
http://blog.pjsattic.com/corvus/index.php?feed=rss2
Thursday May 08 2008 20:01
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http://mmodigbak.blogspot.com
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Tuesday September 20 2005 12:40
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http://nongames.com
http://nongames.com/backend/geeklog.rdf
Tuesday May 30 2006 00:45
Wednesday May 07 2008 18:26
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Thoughts, ramblings and braindumps about game design, level design, ludology, the games industry and random personal stuff.

http://nullsumme.blogspot.com
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Tuesday April 29 2008 19:15
Wednesday May 07 2008 18:26
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Outside Looking In A wannabe game developer looks into the industry.

http://jeffool.blogspot.com
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Wednesday April 12 2006 09:30
Wednesday May 07 2008 18:26
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Chris Bateman of International Hobo randomly transcribes thoughts he has about games, game design, game narrative, philosophy, and anything else that tumbles through his mind.

http://onlyagame.typepad.com/only_a_game/
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Thursday May 08 2008 21:30
Wednesday May 07 2008 19:27
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"You put your video games in my comics!" "No, you put your comics in my video games!"

http://panelsandpixels.blogspot.com
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Wednesday May 07 2008 21:15
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http://particleblog.blogspot.com
http://particleblog.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Friday March 14 2008 16:30
Wednesday May 07 2008 18:26
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Commentary on the development of a baseball simulation game

See Sourceforge site for history and details.

http://pitchersduel.iuplog.com/
http://pitchersduel.iuplog.com/rss.asp?c=26681
Thursday April 05 2007 03:45
Thursday May 08 2008 14:54
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VideoGame Development in the UK

http://pixellove.blogspot.com
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Thursday March 08 2007 10:15
Wednesday May 07 2008 18:18
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Musings about (online) game development and life.

http://blog.psychochild.org
http://blog.psychochild.org/wp-rss2.php
Friday February 24 2006 03:10
Thursday May 08 2008 14:56
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writer/director ragnar tornquist’s personal (but not private) website & weblog

http://www.ragnartornquist.com/
http://ragnartornquist.com/?feed=rss2
Thursday April 03 2008 16:15
Wednesday May 07 2008 18:18
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http://www.itu.dk/people/folmann/
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Saturday June 11 2005 19:00
Wednesday May 07 2008 18:18
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GAME MUSIC BLOG OF TROELS BRUN FOLMANN

http://www.deffmute.com/blog/
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Sunday November 19 2006 16:30
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http://shoelaceshaderguy.blogspot.com
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Tuesday March 21 2006 02:01
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From the Top Secret Shrapnel Games Compound...

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/blog
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/blog/feed/rss2/
Thursday May 08 2008 21:45
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Slam

http://www.slam-games.com/
http://www.slam-games.com/xml/rss20/feed.xml
Monday February 05 2007 10:15
Wednesday May 07 2008 18:18
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Social Study Games site syndication

socialstudygames.com
http://socialstudygames.com/index2.php?option=com_rssxt&type=RSS2.0&no_html=1
Wednesday October 03 2007 14:45
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creativity x technology

http://www.tgr.com/weblog/
http://www.tgr.com/weblog/index.xml
Monday October 01 2007 11:45
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It's a game blog.

http://thehallways.blogspot.com
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Saturday November 12 2005 18:05
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Thoughts on game design.

http://www.polygonfiction.com/
http://www.samgoldwater.com/?feed=rss2
Saturday April 12 2008 08:01
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http://thewarwicknews.blogspot.com
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Tuesday April 17 2007 05:45
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Random ramblings from the TV Heads

http://tvheads.org/blog
http://tvheads.org/blog/?feed=rss2
Monday December 19 2005 00:50
Wednesday May 07 2008 18:12
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My pithy slogan

http://utopianhell.com/
http://utopianhell.com/?rss=1&category=Gaming§ion=blog
Tuesday April 04 2006 19:30
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A video game thinktank

http://vicejoy.blogspot.com
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Thursday December 13 2007 13:01
Wednesday May 07 2008 18:05
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http://www.virtuallearningworlds.com/
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Saturday June 11 2005 20:05
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http://www.steve-ince.co.uk/blog/blog.html
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Monday March 31 2008 11:15
Wednesday May 07 2008 18:05
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General mumblings on game design, politics, sports, and whatever the hell else comes to mind

http://www.zenofdesign.com/
http://www.zenofdesign.com/?feed=rss2
Friday April 04 2008 02:30
Wednesday May 07 2008 18:03
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nullsumme's ModBlog

http://nullsumme.modblog.com/
http://nullsumme.modblog.com/backend/modblog/modblogs.rss.php
Friday December 02 2005 18:20
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