• Daniel Terdiman's Entrepreneur's Guide to SL
  How do the successful companies do it? Find out with this book!
• Six of the best for copyright violators
  The latest copyright violations in SL
• The Ed Wood Machinima Festival
  Some machinima is so bad it's good -- and these are the ones we want!
• New Species of Sunfish and Albatross Discovered
  Not the RL organic kind, but these wonderful new vehicles from Cube3
• CSI:NY airs episode featuring Second Life - impressions
  One Insider's take on how the CSI:NY episode fared
• Exclusive preview of Real Life game
  This is so Meta it's scary!
• Dilbert Creator Scott Adams Comes to Second Life
  Scott Adams signs copies of his new book in SL
• CSI game - first thoughts
  You've seen the episode; what is the game like?
• Avatars Across Worlds: Nay, No, Feh
  Not everyone thinks we need standards for virtual world interoperability
• LL to Help the Library of Congress Preserve Videogames
  Finally, a little respect for videogames, from an unlikely, but welcome source

Second Life Insider Week In Review: 10/22 - 10/28 originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Crazy New CSI:NY Commercial
  The first commercial was promising, but this one...
• Movable Life wants your work
  Always read the fine print!
• Thursday's Fictions
  A surreal dance fantasy film gets the Second Life treatment
• Beware! He Walks Among Us!
  A member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation enters SL, ready to answer questions
• Hamlet's Top 5 Highlights from the VW Conf
  Hamlet Au, embedded SL reporter, gives his top 5 highlights of the Virtual Worlds Conference
• VW Conf Fallout: Microsoft Getting Into the Biz?
  Is Microsoft ready to provide its own virtual world?
• Armani Screws Up
  Armani's new SL shop fails for lack of, well, everything
• Renaud on virtual world interoperability - relax and be patient
  The Chief Architect of Networked Virtual Environments for the Cisco Technology Center advises patience
• Second Life Avatars Controlled by the Human Brain
  An amazing step forward in controller technology
• NBC's The Office to feature Second Life
  The Office comes to SL

Second Life Insider Week In Review: 10/15 - 10/21 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• I Am Legend Gameplay: In Depth
  Get a tour of the new Warner Bros. movie tie-in game
• Machinima Festival UK Winners - SL takes 3!
  We bring you the winners of the Machinima Festival UK
• What To Do About Megaprims
  Aimee Weber provides reasons why Megaprims are no big deal
• Celebrate Roma's 1 Year Anniversary!
  Roma, the Roman-themed sim, celebrates 1 year of existence
• PODball!
  Cube3, makers of the new PODz vehicles, present a new game
• Ever Wondered What SL is Like If You're Colourblind?
  Download an app to simulate colorblindness
• Linden Lab and IBM Collaboration on Virtual Standards
  IBM and LL decide to manage the future of virtual spaces
• ESC launch sanctioned new viewer to tie in with CSI:NY in SL
  ESC's new SL viewer to coincide with SCI: NY SL episode

Second Life Insider Weekly Roundup originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Team Ico making plans for PS3 development originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Continue reading Engadget & Joystiq's live coverage of Microsoft's Xbox 360 E3 event

Engadget & Joystiq's live coverage of Microsoft's Xbox 360 E3 event originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 09 May 2006 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

We haven't seen anybody else mention this, so we feel obligated to describe a truly awesome talk given at GDC by the head of EA's LA studio, Neil Young (pictured here, bio here).

First, it must be said that Neil Young is charming as all get-out. He's got one of those endearing English accents that automatically adds like 30 IQ points to the bearer of said accent. His stage presence inspires confidence and willing suspension of disbelief. Within moments of his opening remarks, I felt myself wanting to like this guy, whoever he was.

His presentation didn't disappoint that expectation. He spoke about "feature IP," a businessey buzzword for the video game features that are unique enough to drive sales of games. Examples of feature IP include EA's "Game Face" technology (first used in Tiger Woods PGA Tour and to see re-use in the upcoming Godfather game as "mob face") and Microsoft's global leaderboards and achievements system (found in Xbox 360 games). Feature IP, as defined by Neil Young, can be leveraged across multiple games and therefore has the power to drive the sales of not just one game or franchise, but a whole raft of games in a publisher's portfolio.

Continue reading EA's snuff film @ GDC

EA's snuff film @ GDC originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 04:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.