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The crew is flying back from San Francisco with more coverage from GDC 2011 to deliver in the coming week. For now, hereās a roundup of this weekendās best, and a peaceful nature hike to chill you out before your own work week begins. Mine is now ending.
Video Game Wizards Are Re-Fighting Vietnam For Comedyās Sake
https://lastchance.cc/video-game-wizards-are-re-fighting-vietnam-for-comedys-5777196%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Bewildered gamers were not the only people who thought that setting the first expansion to the satirical sorcery game Magicka in the Vietnam War was crazy. MoreĀ Ā»
Where Everybody Knows Their Name ā Except Them
https://lastchance.cc/where-everybody-knows-their-name-except-them-5777490%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
āYou play NCAA Football 11 last year?ā I led.
āAll the time,ā said Locker.
āWould you play as yourself and the Huskies, or -ā
āWell, itās not me in the game,ā Locker said. MoreĀ Ā»
The Social Games Rant You Didnāt Hear from GDC
https://lastchance.cc/the-social-games-rant-you-didnt-hear-from-gdc-5777930%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
By all accounts, āNo F@*#king Respect: Social Game Developers Rant Backā was a hit at Game Developers Conference 2011. A standing-room only crowd listened to a panel of eminent designers address the virtues of and double-standards applied to social games.
Thereās one rant you may not have heard though. It came from one attendee who exploited a social game organized for the audience as they entered the session. His name is Ryan Henson Creighton (pictured), the founder of Toronto-based Untold Entertainment. Hereās his account of it: MoreĀ Ā»
Angry Birds Crashing Into Facebook Soon
https://lastchance.cc/angry-birds-crashing-into-facebook-soon-5777517%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Perhaps spurred on by ripoff apps already in place, Angry Birdsā developer says the game will have a Facebook adaptation inside of the month. MoreĀ Ā»
