Posts tagged rules

Making an XNA game? Don't maim the poor Avatars!

by Alexander Sliwinski (Jun 22nd 2009 9:30AM)

It appears that a short while back, XNA developers were informed by the lordship at Microsoft of the things they can't have the Xbox 360 Avatars do in their games. The list is pretty much designed to stop some ambitious developer from making the most adorable Grand Theft Auto clone ever. Here's ...

1 vs. 100 prizes unavailable in certain states and Quebec

by Alexander Sliwinski (Jun 17th 2009 4:00PM)

There's going to be some drama when folks really start to catch on, so let's get it out of the way now: residents of Connecticut, Iowa, Maryland, Vermont, and the great province of Quebec, are not eligible for Xbox Live Primetime's 1 vs.100 prizes. This isn't spite on Microsoft's part, because, ...

Griefing and self-governance in online games

by Conrad Quilty-Harper (Jun 15th 2006 6:30AM)

The Guardian has produced an excellent column that addresses the problem of "griefers", people that abuse, team-kill and cheat other players of online games, particularly MMOs. Griefing has always been a problem where real players compete against their peers, although with massively multiplayer ...