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Cory Doctorow / 3:55 pm Tue, Mar 14, 2017

Games and other online communities are societies, owed a duty of care by their owners

Raph Koster is one of the world's most celebrated game designers, responsible for the design of Ultima Online, CCO of Sony during the Star Wars Galaxies era, and author of the classic Theory of Fun. Ever year, Raph gives a barn-raising/barn-burning speech at the Game Developer's Conference, one of the don't-miss moments of the conference. This year's speech is no exception. Read the rest

Alice Taylor / 4:48 am Wed, Apr 20, 2016

Oh This Crazy VR Hype

A few weeks back, I was at the annual Game Developers Conference. GDC kicked off this year with its first-ever VRDC, two days of all-VR, all the time. On top of that, there was VR programming sprinkled across the main event schedule, too: it’s launch year for the much-touted Big Headsets.

Laura Hudson / 4:00 am Thu, Mar 12, 2015

The radical games event where the next speaker is you

Game makers find inspiration at Lost Levels, an intimate and involving gathering where anything seems possible
Alice Taylor / 4:18 am Wed, Mar 26, 2014

Game Developers Conference '14: The Experimental Gameplay Workshop

Alice Taylor checks out the best experimental games on show at GDC.