CNN.com – Video games get very, very naughty – Apr 7, 2006.
Yet another sign of virtual worlds mainstreaming. After all, it’s not like there hasn’t been kinky furry yiffing going on for years.
I spent much of yesterday on planes, flying back and forth between San Diego and the Bay Area. I forgot to bring enough books to read, so I was forced to search through the airport book shops for an additional book — which is particularly sad since my latest batch from Amazon had just arrived the day before.
As it happens, a lot of the books I’ve read recently count as this sort of “plane read,” though not all. So here’s some capsule reviews covering both sorts.
Kristen & I just collaboratively played through the demo of the new Tomb Raider: Legend. I’m pleased to say that it felt like the original — same gentle pacing followed by moments of combat, same puzzles to solve with gigantic ancient machinery. Yay. We knew Lara was back the moment that Kristen first climbed a ledge with a handstand.
Apple just announced that they are going to officially support dual-booting to Windows on the new Intel Macs using somftware they call Boot Camp, in beta now.
…called Click Nothing. And he’s posted his talk on Designing to promote intentional play (zip file) from GDC.
