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Continuing with a little link-related goodness as the week wends on, we start out with the latest episode of indie game-related videocast Bytejacker, which I think may be the best single video-based show about games online right now, with the bonus of being indietastic – go check it out.
Also hanging out in here – more excellent 1UP retro-ness, some delightful Street Fighter IV graphs, lessons from Dungeons & Dragons, a more cynical take on the year in MMOs, The Tower Of Druaga annotated, and lots more besides.
Cha cha cha:
2009 Blip Festival, Part 1 | Bytejacker
IndieGames.com mentions it a bit, but there's no reason I shouldn't – Bytejacker is an amazing video show that everyone should check out.
Cred vs. Influence (or Killing our Soul) « Applied Game Design
'Cred, by our definition, can be loosely translated to “what have you done for me lately?” It is a taking stock of a developer’s most recent works.'
1UP's Retro Gaming Blog : Flyers and handouts from Winter CES 1990
Man, is there anything of Frank's 1UP retro posts I don't want to link? Also see this and this.
Elder Game: MMO game development » 2009: A Year of Shitty MMOs
Fascinating to see the MMO experts battle it out over what worked, what didn't…
Ton of Clay: Dungeon & Dragons & Life
Cute video, as passed on by DeathSpank co-creator Clayton Kauzlaric.
The most spurious piracy figures ever? « WoSblog – gaming, music, snacks, the Apocalypse and more
Rev. Campbell with an enjoyable deconstruction of an iffy figure.
super nohoho fighter ii x: Street Fighter IV Tourney Results – 2009 Addendum
Scroll down for some fun stats – which Street Fighter characters the Japanese arcade masters use the most, in neat graphical form.
The Tower of Druaga (Namco, June 1984) @ Magweasel
This annotation stuff is just awesome.
Original post editors@gamesetwatch.com (Simon Carless)
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