Search results for Steve+Meretzky (1740 results)
GDC08: Game Design Challenge tackles inter-species markets
The annual Game Design Challenge is our favorite part every year of the Game Developers Conference ... and thanks to errors in understanding our Google calendar, we missed it. (Note to self: remember time zone differences when adding events.) Fortuna...
GDC08: The eight best stories in gaming
Tuesday afternoon four well-known games industry writers and designers got together to discuss the best storytelling gaming has to offer in a panel entitled "Stories Best Played: Deconstructing the Best Interactive Storytelling." Each of the author...
10 most important video games of all time, as judged by 2 designers, 2 academics, and 1 lowly blogger
Henry Lowood, curator of the History of Science and Technology Collections at Stanford University, and his four-member committee have announced the 'game canon', a list of games to be considered by the US Library of Congress for make benefit glorious...
GDC's Design Challenge panel tackles sex in games
How does "My First Time" sound as this year's topic for GDC's time-honored Game Design Challenge panel? It may sound like something we cooked up ourselves, but it is, in fact, legit. This year's theme is all about the dilemma of designing games cente...
Frotz brings text adventures to the iPhone App Store
Ever since the iPhone App Store launch last month, we've been on the hunt for apps we can load on our fancy phones and not forget about immediately. Occasionally something pops up but, sure enough, we manage to forget about it in a matter of days. ...
Big Huge Games boss Brian Reynolds leaves, joins Zynga East
When 38 Studios CEO Brett Close told Joystiq that his company's acquisition of Big Huge Games from THQ was due in no small part to the "incredible veteran talent" at the developer – even singling out Oblivion and Morrowind designer Ken Rolsto...
Gaming Steve wraps up 2005
Gaming Steve has posted his year end episode, with highlights from 2005 and a look at what's to come in the New Year. Of course, the real standout of the episode is Steve's interview with Tim Train, VP of Big Huge Games. Big Huge is currently develop...
Gallery: WWE '13 (Stone Cold Steve Austin)
Interview: EGM Now's Steve Harris
Following the closure of Electronic Gaming Monthly by parent company Ziff Davis Media earlier this year (after nearly 20 years in the game industry), the magazine's original founder Steve Harris repurchased the rights and promised a rebirth for EGM...
Gaming Steve meets Gaming Chris
Not sure how I missed this yesterday, but Xbox360Fanboy's very own Chris Grant turned up as a surprise co-host of Gamer Steve's latest podcast (Love that theme music Gamer Steve). Listen to this highly knowledgable pair discuss the goings on at the ...
Steve's Picks: The stories of 2004 - #3
For number 3… Well let's just say this is not Electronic Arts only appearance on my list. I wish I could think of more positive stories for the year, but it's the negative ones that stand out, sadly. Still, everyone else seems to be going wi...
Steve's Picks: The stories of 2004 - #2
Number 2 on the list brings us to a game company. A company rapidly becoming so insidious with their business activities, that they make Microsoft look almost pure. If you can't guess who the company is, you obviously haven't been paying a...
Steve's Picks: The stories of 2004 - #1
So we arrive at number one. The top story of the year. The story that, when I look back, will make me think "Yeah, 2004…" I'd bet a dollar you can't get what it is… (And the picture is no help, so don't try and cheat…) ...
Steve's Review: Mercenaries for Playstation 2
Mercenaries is the latest creation from the minds at Lucasarts. It's been moderately hyped and, as a consequence, actually lives up to it, at least for the most part. The similarities to the Grand Theft Auto series are more than a little obvious. T...
Steve Wiebe is the King of Kong again
Billy Mitchell must be pissed. The certified "Video Game Player of the [20th] Century" has lost the Donkey Kong world record -- again -- to longtime rival Steve Wiebe. Wiebe nudged Billy's July 31 record of 1,062,800 points with a masterful 1,064,50...
Featured Stories
Off the Grid: The Witcher Adventure Game and Star Wars Imperial Assault
Posted on Feb 3rd 2015 2:15PM