Cody Hargreaves remembers what it feels like to be a kid and tries out Monkey Quest, a free online kids game that borrows gameplay elements from the popular Donkey Kong and Super Mario series.
AUTOMATON writes: "AUTOMATON Japan Editor-in-Chief Shuji Ishimoto was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to speak at length with Greg Wondra―game designer/developer of such titles as Lost Planet 3 and the Major League Baseball 2K series, family man, and all-around awesome guy―about his career, the current state of the game industry, and a column he recently wrote for Gamasutra entitled 'Death of the Game Designer', which garnered a good amount of attention in Japan after it was picked up and reported on by our Japanese sister site (Japanese language link). Greg offered some really good insights into the life and work of a game designer―both 'then' and 'now'―and if you're considering getting into a career in game design or development, then this is certainly a must-read. Today we present the final half of our two-part interview."
AUTOMATON writes: "AUTOMATON Japan Editor-in-Chief Shuji Ishimoto was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to speak at length with Greg Wondra―game designer/developer of such titles as Lost Planet 3 and the Major League Baseball 2K series, family man, and all-around awesome guy―about his career, the current state of the game industry, and a column he recently wrote for Gamasutra entitled 'Death of the Game Designer', which garnered a good amount of attention in Japan after it was picked up and reported on by our Japanese sister site (Japanese language link). Greg offered some really good insights into the life and work of a game designer―both 'then' and 'now'―and if you're considering getting into a career in game design or development, then this is certainly a must-read. Today we present the first half of our two-part interview."
TeePee Games has today announced that it has partnered with iQU to allow a wide range of massively multiplayer online (MMO) videogames to be playable through the Teepee Games portal and TeePee Games Facebook application. Among the first few games to be featured are the award winning Age of Conan: Unchained and sci-fi MMORPG Battlestar Galactica Online.
