According to the front page of VSide, it’s not closing. But the further details are in the forums, which seem to be down.
VSide not closing
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An interesting industry picture
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At present, Newell explained, games [AAA ones, anyway! – Raph] require an investment of between USD 10 million and USD 30 million before development can even begin. “There’s a huge amount of risk associated with those dollars and decisions have to be incredibly conservative,” he said.
Meanwhile on the other side of town…
yep, there are 300 games a day coming on the iphone.
and
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World of Warcraft movie: from computer screen to big screen, with ‘Spider-Man’s Sam Raimi to direct.
The juggernaut continues.
Minor note to the article writer: no, WoW did not launch in 1994. Don’t conflate game and brand.
Today’s post on gaming’s cultural influence
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The soldiers call it the ‘Pacman challenge’ — dodging the scores of booby traps, trip wires and charges laid by the Taliban in the fertile soil of Afghanistan’s Sangin valley. The reference, to an arcade compujter game, is one of the ways the soldiers make light of the deadly gauntlet they run every day in the district.
— Daily Telegraph, July 11, 2009
Spotted in Time Magazine… one could quibble over whether it is the most appropriate retro game reference, but whatever.
Casual Connect
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I will be at Casual Connect on Thursday, on a panel:
David HELGASON CEO Unity
Sibley VERBECK CEO The Electric Sheep Company
Robin CHAN Founder & CEO XPD Media
Raph KOSTER Co-founder and President MetaplaceDiscussion led by
Mark FRIEDLER Founder GameDailyThe World of Warcraft gets all the press and attention, but the truth is millions of gamers are logging on to casual MMO’s and virtual worlds every month. Over the last 18 months, more investment capital has been poured into this segment than any other in the games industry. Come and learn which companies will be winners of this growing category.
