http://jonklangdon.today.com Looking for humanity's mirror in video games 'n junk Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:06:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the article "Duke Nukem Forever Still in Development", Luke Plunkett of Kotaku.com reports on another article about the legal activity between Take-Two and 3D Realms. I will not link that other article here because much like Plunkett, I am sick of reading anything related to Duke Nukem Forever. I ... http://jonklangdon.today.com/2009/06/23/duke-nukem-f-it/ The articles that incited this bitter post are as follow: "How Nintendo's Boss Rewrote the Rules of the Game" by Nigel Kendall for the UK Times Online "Nintendo's Iwata to Rivals: 'Welcome to the motion control world'" by Chris Graft for Gamasutra.com "Nintendo: Wii Motion Plus Not Delayed" by Brian Ashcraft for Kotaku.com President ... http://jonklangdon.today.com/2009/06/11/33/ In an interview with Feargus Urquhart, lead developer of Obsidian Entertainment, Ben Friz of Gamasutra.com discusses the influence of traditional table-top role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons influenced video games of every genre. Of course, they go on to discuss upcoming projects from Obsidian Entertainment and some comparisons between the ... http://jonklangdon.today.com/2009/06/08/pen-paper-influence-on-gaming/ This post was incited by Gamasutra.com's "Molyneux Becomes Creative Director Of MGS Europe" by Chris Remo. I will admit that I am sometimes slow on the uptake when it comes to industry news and the like--I am not in the video game industry and lately have been preoccupied with renovating a ... http://jonklangdon.today.com/2009/06/05/peter-molyneuxs-promotion/ Voice acting in video games is an art of frustration and excellence. I could list a number of games that drove me to play with the volume down, but I would rather state mention two paragons of voice-acting gone right: Final Fantasy XII and Mass Effect. And speaking of Mass ... http://jonklangdon.today.com/2009/06/02/voice-acting-going-massive/ I am looking into a new ISP. Comcast has failed me several times over the past couple weeks, and those periods of dead service has already affected my work and my upkeep of this blog. When the contract ends, so will my frustration at the hands of Comcast. I will mention ... http://jonklangdon.today.com/2009/05/28/isp-woes/ I have suffered a few problems with my computer and ISP, so updates to the Gaming Lit. have been delayed. There will be a new post tomorrow and more later in the week as I continue to recover my files. Thank you for your patience. More to come, JKL http://jonklangdon.today.com/2009/05/26/update/ Kotaku.com has recently posted an article by Brian Crecente titled "Invasion of the Plastic Peripherals" in which the author discusses the an upcoming skateboard peripheral for Tony Hawk: Ride, and the overall increase of console peripherals. Peripherals can either be gimmicky like the numerous Wiimote attachments or they can truly ... http://jonklangdon.today.com/2009/05/18/what-do-you-think-of-peripherals/ Gamasutra.com has an article about Bioware and the gaming company's tradition of story telling. GDC Canada: BioWare Bosses Talk The Future Of Storytelling by Chris Remo features a chat with co-founders of Bioware, Dr. Greg Zeschuk and Dr. Ray Muzyka, about narrative styles and the art of telling a story ... http://jonklangdon.today.com/2009/05/14/bioware-and-the-art-of-storytelling/ Thank you for visiting Gaming Lit. and for your patience. This blog is still quite new, so I am still fine tuning its design and navigation. I hope to establish a set schedule of articles which will be determined by how quickly I can produce, in my eyes, interesting articles. ... http://jonklangdon.today.com/2009/05/13/upcoming-articles/