Easy as Raspberry Pi
How a tiny box of tricks is helping David Braben in his mission to foster a new generation of game makers.
How a tiny box of tricks is helping David Braben in his mission to foster a new generation of game makers.
The Raspberry Pi Foundation is selling ten beta models of its ultra-low-cost PC on internet auction site Ebay. The foundation is listing two of its $25 PCs each day in a bid to raise funds ahead of the computer's retail debut, currently planned for next month. At the time of writing, the first such listing has attracted 48 bids, the highest of which is £1,900. More >
David Braben on the dumbing down of computer science education.
The UK government has given a ringing endorsement of Raspberry Pi, the low-cost computer that David Braben hopes will kickstart a new wave of interest in programming. In its response to the Next Gen skills review, the department of culture, media and sport writes: "The government recognises the potential developments such as the Raspberry Pi computer project have for stimulating and motivating children to understand basic computer science in schools." More >
Frontier Developments' head on fostering a new generation of game makers.
1In an interview, the Elite creator says that the decision to put on hold the development of The Outsider was in large part due to an increasingly risk-averse publishing community. "There's a problem at the moment as big publishers are running scared," he tells us. "What really upsets me is that we have this Call Of Duty-shaped jelly mould, and it's being used to create games that are all competing for a very narrow niche. That's very disappointing as a gamer…something inside me dies when I see another game that looks exactly the same as all the others." For the full interview, follow the source link below.
4"Imagineers want to give you the impression that you’re flying. We can take that one step further."
“Computer education has been oriented around being good consumers, and not good creators,” says the co-creator of the $25 PC.
1Elite creator insists his new Kinect game is far more than a kid-friendly marketing tool.
The Elite co-creator and Frontier Developments founder will reveal the design process behind Kinect Disneyland Adventures.
Elite creator leading foundation which hopes its tiny, low-cost computer will drive youth interest in programming.
Eleven classic games revisited by their original developer as part of GDCís 25th anniversary celebrations.
UPDATE: David Braben says report is "inaccurate speculation"; confirms 17 redundancies.
Atomhawk director warns that, as a result, game design courses aren't preparing students for working in the industry.
Braben and Bell, the creators of one of the most revered games of all time, put their differences aside at the GameCity festival.