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I don’t know what the world is coming to, either, but I do know that Panda3D 1.2.0 has been released. And what super cool about this release is that I can say that Panda3D is free AND it has been used in several commercial games, some of which you shall see if you attend E3 this year.
Here are some of the many new features of Panda3d:

lots of performance optimizations
a preliminary OSX port
new modes for animation blending
easier partial-body animations
more powerful shader-to-engine interface
better support for rotating bodies in physics engine
support for compressed …read more

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It just might be! I was checking out GameDev, because I’m super nerdy like that and I came across this very interesting headline: PSP 2 in the works?.
They’re saying that this new system will probably be out in as little as 3 years, but with the way the PS 3 is going, I’m thinking that it might be more like 5 to 10 years…
I’m a pessimist… I know.
You still love me, right?

Reports suggest that the new PSP will have a built in hard drive support from the beginning and will not be using …read more

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Of course you do! And there’s a new contest out there that will allow you to do just that! Win money!
(are you convinced that you need to win money yet?)
What’s even better is that it’s being hosted by Intel. Now, Intel is advertising that you could win money, a powerful pc or some really cool development tools, so why not give it a try?
All you have to do is send in a game demo that you have created and they’ll sit around, check out the demo, do some backflips and then boogie on down to …read more

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No, not ho, ho… but… ho ho ho. Like Santa. I would never call you a ho. I’d call Howdy Doody a ho, though. Puppets scare me.
Anyways, I’m just flew in from my adventure in Utah and boy are my arms tired! HAH HAH!
Oh wait, that was always a lame joke.
Please forget I ever said anything.
I had a lot of fun on my vacation and I had a lot of work to catch up on, so that’s where I’ve been, not that any of you actually care. Because… like, the only people who leave comments …read more

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Yep… I am going on vacation to the snowy planes of Utah. Pray that I do not hydroplane off the icy freeways! That’s never fun… I’ll be back on March 20th, so come back then… or keep coming back until then and be bored. Your choice!

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While checking out Game Dev, I ran into this intriguing article that makes me want to kill some aholes! Well, maybe not kill, but the article still made me upset.
There’s a guy out there by the name of Jeff Vogel who is a game developer… actually, I’m lazy, here’s the Wikipedia entry on the guy:

Jeff Vogel is the primary programmer for the company Spiderweb Software, which produces shareware computer games for Macintosh and Windows PC platforms.
To date, his most successful games have been the Exile series, its facelifted cousin Avernum, and Geneforge.

Okay, background completed.
Anyways, this is a …read more

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While perusing Game Dev, there’s an article advertising the Texas Independant Game Conference (wow, 3 links in ONE sentence. I am the shizzle!). The conference will take place in Austin, Texas from July 22 – 23.
I took the time (it’s so valuable!) to see what the conference would be talking about. Now without further ado, the conference topics:

Veterans and Visionaries – hear from those that have been there and done that…and people who have a keen eye for the future…on what is coming down the pike for indie games.
Market Place – how to commercialize indie games. …read more

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I was doing a Google search (I

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That’s right… there is a Game Developers Conference being held from March 20 – 24 in lovely San Jose, California (actually, I don’t know if it’s lovely, because I’ve never been there, but I can only imagine the immaculacy of THE GREAT SAN JOSE).
Here’s what you can expect from such an awesome conference being held in THE GREAT SAN JOSE:

Next-gen game development will revolutionize every aspect of the gaming industry. From increased production complexity, team sizes, and budgets to new ways to reach the mass market, GDC:06 will answer the questions critical to the industry’s success.
Learn lessons from next-gen, …read more

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…And I’m not talking about that creepy movie with the “I See Dead People” kid. That movie was just super weird.
As I was cruising about the Gamasutra (and no, that is not a kinky position you can try… perverts), I came across an interesting article about Anticipatory AI and how it should be approached.
This article mostly talks about how another character, other than the main character that you play, should act under different circumstances. If it’s raining, they should have their hands over their heads, trying desperately to deflect the drops of rain that relentlessly bash them in …read more

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