Moddable LittleBigPanet
Yesterday, the Reuter ran an interesting report about LittleBigPlanet (see excerpt below). I am interested less so about the game per se, but more so in the “moddable” aspect of it. It seemed that a “toolkit” will be given so that players can create and share player-created levels after they are done with the game’s [...]
Star Wars: The Old Republic!
Bioware announced their year-long MMOG title today: Star Wars: The Old Republic. Errmmm, can’t say it is a surprise, because there have been much speculations about the title (since the huge success of KoTOR, and KoTOR II. So Bioware is merely confirming what we “knew” all along… Good job! Bioware!
Video Games News Alert
Video Game Helps Math Students Vanquish an Archfiend: Algebra New York Times Tue, 07 Oct 2008 4:20 PM PDT This fall, schools in the New York area will test video game prototypes focusing on math and science. New Video Game Aimed At Teen Girls Made In MN WCCO Minneapolis – St. Paul Tue, 07 Oct [...]
clone wars: Singapore
Clone Wars was made in Singapore!! Wow! Since the first film was shown on the big screen over 30 years ago, “Star Wars” fans have dreamed of the day that gaming could replicate those lightsaber battles between good and evil. Thanks to Nintendo’s revolutionary Wii, that day has come with “Star Wars The Clone Wars: [...]
Age of Decadence by Iron Tower Studio
Came across the Age of Decadence by Iron Tower Studio. Apparently they are building a new isometric, 3D RPG using Torque Game Engine. The game (preview) looks really good! Below’s an excerpt from an unofficial FAQ from their forum. I am particularly interested in the post-game statistic. Will certainly keep an eye out for this… (More pictures and [...]
Witcher Editor: D’jinni
The long awaited D’jinni “Adventure Editor” is finally available. Great! Those who are interested in modding Witcher (err… creating new adventure for WItcher) can finally have the means to do so. Unfortunately, what I have learned from my team so far, there is not much of a chance to create a “listener” for it. So… [...]
Good vs. Evil in Resident Evil 5
In a day and age where many gamers want to act out their bad side in the game, and psychologists calling it “balance”, it is really interesting to read 1UP.com’s update on the up-coming Resident Evil 5. I take it that the Japanese still believes in a strong sense of Good vs. Evil… (Yoshi Sato, [...]
Civilization Modding Contest
Firaxis has just announced a Modding contest for Civilization IV! There are a total of four categories: Best In-Game Asset (art, including units, buildings and/or wonders) Best World-Builder Scenario (just a single .wbs file) Best Map Script (just a single .py file) Best Educational Mod (only educators and schools can submit entries for this one) [...]
Influence of denegrade video games
In 2005, I was working with two graduate students on a research called “Do Parents Know What Video Games Their Children Are Playing?” – the proposal was actually accepted by SITE Conference, unfortunately the grad students bailed out at the last minute, and it was not presented. I am glad to see that others have [...]