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Are you sitting at work right now, wondering what your World of Warcraft character is doing? Maybe he’s sitting there, all by himself, crying because he misses you. Do you wish you could escape to the bathroom with your work laptop and just log on? And play? Even if everyone is thinking you’re taking a big crap for hours? They’ll think, “Where did Jimmy go? He was suppose to have that document on my desk by 1:00 sharp! I bet he’s taking a big crap again!” But you wouldn’t care, IF you …read more

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Got a game ready to go out to the public, but the big companies just aren’t listening to the greatness of your game? Tired of the man knocking you down? Tired of not having any money to call your own, even though you’re ready to sell that game of yours and make millions?! Well, now there’s a place for you to advertise. A place for you to call home. And it’s called Manifesto Games. Manifesto Games was created by two gaming developer greats, Greg Costikyan and Johnny Wilson. Manifesto Games aim is …read more

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Sometimes I find some interesting articles featuring people who develop games for a living. When I run across these interviews, I’ll probably post them here, because they have a lot of good info for the people out there who want to start their own gaming companies or web sites.
I was taking a look at the great site, Adventure Developers, who primarily features articles based on designing adventure games. Adventure Gamer was able to interview a developer by the name Steve Ince. He has worked with such games as Broken Sword and Beneath a Steal Sky …read more

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Wouldn’t it be totally cool to be able to rule your own world? Do you want to be your own God? Do you want to wander around invisibly, be invincible, or be able to kill other people by just batting an eyelash? Do you want to be PURE EVIL?! Well, today you can. And you can do this through a little game called Ultima Online. Now Ultima Online has been out for… like ever. Or around 10 years, take your pick (I’d personally would go with the 10 years, because, well, forever is …read more

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If you’re looking for a game design job, Blizzard Entertainment, those geniuses who have made such games as World of Warcraft and, umm… those other craft games and some other stuff… have a couple of job openings for that special designer in your life. If you want to look cool and be cool and have a cool job, take a look at Blizzard’s site for job openings. Currently they have two HOT positions open:

Lead Web Software Engineer
3D Environmental Artist
Customer Service Representative
Technical Animator
Telecom Administrator
Associate Software Engineer – Tools

Mmmmm… HOT.

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