Personally, I’m struggling to keep my health up so I can continue playing this game, but if you’re the other way around, and in Baltimore, check out the second day of the Fourth Annual Games for Health Conference 2008. And, dear reader, if you are attending, drop us a note about how the …

First, the North wind will take us south to Florida, for a brief holiday with my wife's family. Next, the East wind will take us west to Colorado, to visit my brother-in-law. Then, the South wind will take us north...

Ich erstarre. Meine eigentlich schon müden Augen weiten sich. Ich stehe auf und hüpfe wie ein Besessener vor Freude durch die Bude. Everyday Shooter für PC. Jetzt. Hier. Hallejullah, ich wurde erhört! [via]

This isn't an announcement, but a prediction. Provided the porting of Daxter from the PSP to the PS2 is true (see here, originally seen here), then Sony has to be seriously considering porting God of War: Chains of Olympus to the PS2 as well. Keep in mind that both Daxter and God of War on the PSP …

The good news is that Ninja Gaiden II will have three downloadable costumes for Ryu in July. The bad news is each will cost 200 MS points ($2.50). I’m kind of stunned. That’s a lot of money per outfit. This will suck even more if there aren’t any “free” costumes in the game to unlock. …

A Review of Prehistoric Digital Poetry: An Archaeology of Forms, 1959-1995By Christopher T. FunkhouserUniversity of Alabama Press2007 408 pp.$75.00 cloth/$39.95 paper This is an incredible compendium of decades of seldom-noticed work, guided by poetics, that has been done with language and computers …

I liked it more than I thought I would. When you pull off an assault against an entrenched enemy with minor losses and combined arms, it really feels nice. It looks pretty good, too and the reinforcement based on objectives is a great way to encourage action and progress. Ultimately, it comes apart …

covert.c's thought matrix on computer games, MMOs and design

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Explorations in the world of independent game development.

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A group blog hosting semi-serious discussion of video games and video game criticism.

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Toby Hede's blog of games, java and general internet weirdness.

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A blog from b0r3d at 1Up.com. Get your own blog by visiting http://www.1up.com.

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Thoughts on videogames, current affairs, and other things

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If it breaks, you get to keep both parts

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Games For Everyone Else

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Charlie's blog on game design, development and business

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This weblog discusses the finer points of videogame character costumes.

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Curmudgeoning All Games Equally

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GameSpace.nl

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Your source for game and graphics development

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MMORPGs, gaming, education, society, life, and one group's attempt to make sense of it all

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We like videogames so much... we eat them.

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Gaming news, for real gamers by real gamers

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Games research blog run by Andrew Mactavish (Assistant Professor of Multimedia, School of the Arts, McMaster University).

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Independent videogame news, reviews, previews and more since 1995.

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IBM leaders discuss the future of gaming

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Deep Video Game Ideas

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An Indie Game Developer's somewhat interesting thoughts

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Think Global, Act Mammal

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A group blog about computer narrative, games, poetry, and art.

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Cyberspace. Virtual communities. Online games. Distributed systems.
Opinion, history, advice, and silliness from two guys who've been building this stuff for a long, long time.

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Mr. B's log

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Research on computer games, comic books, and mass media franchises.

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Scott Brodie's thoughts on creativity and the design process.

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The thoughts of a video game Level Designer - http://www.levelarchitect.com.

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Game news, views, and ramblings...

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Thoughts, ramblings and braindumps about game design, level design, ludology, the games industry and random personal stuff.

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Outside Looking In A wannabe game developer looks into the industry.

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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.

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By Gamer. For Gamers.

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a blog about fiction and games

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RedAssedBabbon.com blog entries

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A conservative videogamer's view of the industry.

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notes on games, artificial intelligence, and programming

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Social Study Games site syndication

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A weblog about virtual worlds.

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The research blog of Jonas Heide Smith

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Game research and other important things

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Comment and discussion on Valve Software's digital distribution platform.

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Comment and discussion on Valve Software's digital distribution platform.

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Random ramblings from the TV Heads

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vesterblog.dk - Tore Vesterby's thesis blog on women and gaming

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A video game thinktank

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Yankidank Technology Site Feed.

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