I received a bit of sad news from “He who must not be named” this morning. It appears that Aussie game developer Auran are struggling to stay afloat, and will most likely close. This isn’t good news for the Aussie contingent of the games industry, and is an indication of how cut-throat the industry can [...]
I can fully understand the desire a developer has to protect their creation from being copied illegally. I can understand why some steps would be taken to mitigate the risk of losing money due to piracy. What I can’t understand is why some companies go so far with their anti-piracy measures that it starts to [...]
I have quite a bit to cover in the gaming world today, and I didn’t want to create a separate post for each thing so I thought I’d group them all together.
So to start off with, there’s been some buzz around town that some “demo” PS3s have made a bit of an appearance. The guys [...]
Just a quick one this morning. I have starting gathering a list of software applications that I use all the time (or will use) which I find to be good. There’s quite a few of these lists out there already, but I thought I’d comment on the stuff that I find useful and give you [...]
I’ve been a gamer for a very long time. My interest in games is what launched my programming career, and as a young kid I used to spend hours trying to figure out how those games worked on my Commodore Vic 20. Peeking and Poking was as far as I got in those days, but [...]
