Seth Schiesel’s NY Times piece on GTAIV voice actor Michael Hollick from last week raised some interesting questions. While I don’t think anyone would argue that a game’s voice and mocap actors help the player connect better with the characters, it’s not an apples-to-apples comparison with film, or even traditional cartoon animation. Actors in a [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Gameface
Posted in Culture, Marketing, The biz, tagged Grand Theft Auto IV, GTAIV, michael hollick, motion capture actors, nicco bellick, Playstation 3, residuals, royalties, Shigeru Miyamoto, video game residuals, voice actors, Will Wright, Xbox 360 on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Developers Coming to Your Town, May Help You Party Down.
Posted in Culture, Indie games, The biz, tagged Atlanta hip-hop, Austin filmmakers, Boston game developers, economic stimulus, Georgia game developers, NYC games developers, NYC video games, PSN, Steam, WiiWare, Xbox Live on May 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a real rarity to see insider games industry coverage from our dailies here in NYC, so I was pleasantly surprised to see the all the attention that local think tank the Center for an Urban Future generated for their study, “Getting in the Game.” You can grab the .PDF at their site (and it’s [...]
Ready to ‘Ware
Posted in Culture, Indie games, Nintendo, The biz, tagged Lost Winds, PSN, Reggie Fils-Aime, Wii downloads, WiiWare, Xbox Live on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier this week, Nintendo’s long-awaited WiiWare indie game download service launched in the US, to surprisingly little mainstream media coverage. Perhaps it’s GTA4 hangover, or editors planning to cover WiiFit next week didn’t want to run two Wii-centric features in consecutive weeks, or maybe it just didn’t seem like big news in light of PSN [...]
The Calm Before the Storm?
Posted in Culture, Marketing, Nintendo, Sports games, The biz, tagged Grand Theft Auto IV, Wii Fit, Wii Sports on May 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In a development that should surprise absolutely nobody, Grand Theft Auto IV released to a boatload of favorable press, shattered sales records, and even some “Game of the Year” rumblings. It’s a fantastic game and, beneath the hype, a high watermark for an immersive gaming experience that could only be achieved on this generation’s consoles. [...]
Maybe YOUR Princess is in Another Castle…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blogger wedding, dreams come true, Mrs. Liquid Architecture on May 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Apologies for the extended hiatus between posts. Let’s just say, I’ve been keeping busy… We now return to your regularly scheduled nerdery.
