This embarassingly naive statement by unfortunately non-ficticious graduate of Generic Game Design Course appears in Game Developer magazine on a regular basis. In his defence, the offending graduate offers this forum post on Garage Games. “Yea (sic) that quote was def NOT from me…. I wasnt even alive when pong was released! So i do [...]

Almost too close to the bone, this pretty much sums up the alsoran’s parents’ idea of how their son spends most of his days – because videogames are made by simply playing them. It could be a not-so-elaborate hoax, were it not for the actual existence of the website, let alone the course itself. At [...]

So the alsoran arrives home after an extended holiday following E3 with a lot to think about regarding the direction of the games industry. Though there is much to write about in the immediate future, we’ll begin with what was undoubtedly the highlight of the show – the alsoran finally speaking to one of his [...]

No Weekly Bad Walkcycle update this week or next, as the hard-drive failed and the alsoran is away to E3 until next week. Just seeing the initial press conferences from the major 3 today though, it looks like Nintendo are surprising with the quality of their console, Microsoft are pushing back the boundaries of online [...]

So without doubt, one of the most talked-about presentations at E3 was Nintendo’s, not least because of the 2+ hour que to even see anything other than the DS. A friend of the alsoran had overheard the press password “Starfox” on the first day, but that only led to a futile attempt to gain entry [...]

This last weekend saw the alsoran properly introduce the joys of videogaming to his girlfriend and her friend in a hazy evening of gin & tonic and XBOX360. It was certainly interesting to observe two thirty-something women take their first forays into his favourite past-time, most of all because both newcomers were able to catch [...]