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	April 8, 2013

		The Designer's Notebook: Three Problems for Interactive Storytellers, Resolved [18]

		Why are We Still Talking about LucasArts' Old Adventure Games? [28]

		Postmortem: Q-Games' Pixeljunk 4am [4]


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	April 8, 2013


		Going Agile - The 7 Simple Stages of Why and How to Get it Done (I’m not saying easy)

		Dear Rolling Stone: That's not what Luigi looks like [3]

		Flow, Player and Employee Jounrey [1]

		Mobile (and more) Hardware Statistics

		Donating my Xbox [31]


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	April 8, 2013

		Tencent Boston Web Game Programmer

		LightBox Interactive Unity3D Gameplay Programmer

		Blizzard Entertainment Senior Software Engineer, .NET

		Blizzard Entertainment Business Systems Data Architect

		Blizzard Entertainment Business Systems Analyst

		Peak Games Flash Front-End Developer


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	April 8, 2013


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		Lantana Games Releases Das Sub on Google Play

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		2 7 must-read resources on player motivation by Gamasutra Community [04.08.13] If you want to better understand what motivates players, this helpful blog post rounds up seven essential works from Raph Koster, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and other experts. Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Design

		10 What you need to know before porting your game to Ouya by Gamasutra Community [04.08.13] Making mobile games work with a console controller is a challenge, says indie developer Nathan Fouts (Serious Sam Double D). Here are a few of the tips and tricks he's learned in the process. Console/PC, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Design

		31 Blog: By giving away his Xbox, dev says goodbye to 'gamer' subculture by Gamasutra Community [04.08.13] The indie developer behind Triple Town muses on his frustrating days at Microsoft and the culture he says the company has engendered in the game space. Console/PC, Indie, Design

		1 Blog: I touched Ron Gilbert by Gamasutra Community [04.08.13] Remembering LucasArts, the developer behind Sissy's Magical Ponycorn Adventure explains the influence the Maniac Mansion creator had on him. Console/PC, Indie, Design

		8 Leaving PopCap: Why this mobile exec is pinning hopes on indies by Leigh Alexander [04.08.13] There's massive opportunity in mobile for indies pursuing higher production values and more innovation, says former PopCap exec Giordano Contestabile, who's joined Tilting Point studios to support that trend. Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Exclusive

		9 Twitter just became a video game platform by Gamasutra Community [04.05.13] On the surface, Twitter's recent update to Twitter Cards allows app developers to link directly to a download, but if you peek below the curtain you'll see that this presents all kinds of new opportunities for game developers. Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Design, Production, Business/Marketing

		Gender, cloning and heartfelt goodbyes from the GDC 2013 showfloor by Staff [04.05.13] Here's our last One Life Left vs. Gamasutra episode of GDC 2013, recorded on the show floor at lunchtime on Friday with a tremendous stream of guests, gently interrogated. Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Podcast, Video, GDC

		21 How random drops affect the player experience by Gamasutra Community [04.05.13] Randomness can have an effect on players' emotions. If you want to understand it, read this blog post, which examines how you can use math to fine-tune your player rewards. Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Design

		3 Getting bored? Here are three ways out of your game development rut by Gamasutra Community [04.05.13] Trapped working on the same game, or the same kinds of games, for too long? Forget why you love what you do? This post is a quick guide to how to get your inspiration back. Console/PC, Indie, Design

		52 Video: Brian Moriarty's 'Apology for Roger Ebert' by GDC Vault Staff [04.05.13] Beyond Zork and Loom creator and Worcester Polytechnic Institute professor Brian Moriarty delivers a defense of Roger Ebert's industry-stirring sentiment that "video games can never be art," given in this video lecture from GDC 2011. Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Art, Design

		3 Developers: Go out and meet your fans, even if you don't have any (yet) by Gamasutra Community [04.05.13] Vlambeer's Rami Ismail argues that while events like GDC are great, there's no replacement for getting into the public and interfacing with your audience at shows like PAX. Indie, Business/Marketing

		46 The gender pay gap and the Game Developer Salary Survey by Gamasutra Community [04.04.13] Game Developer magazine editor Patrick Miller dives deeper into the data from the latest Salary Survey, shedding some light on the causes of the gender pay gap exposed by the article. Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Business/Marketing

		15 Casual games and Kickstarter: A bad match? by Gamasutra Community [04.04.13] With little hope of meeting his goal, one developer explores whether or not a causal game can even hope to find crowdfunding backers, or if Kickstarter only works for hardcore games. Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Business/Marketing

		5 Why too much complexity could kill your player's engagement level by Gamasutra Community [04.04.13] Some designers argue that elegance in design -- making a game as perfect as chess -- is the Holy Grail, and others say keeping players engaged is what we should strive for. But as Telltale's Harrison Pink says, they're one and the same. Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Design

		Xbox Live Arcade stats, March 2013 by Gamasutra Community [04.04.13] Halfbrick's Ryan Langley returns with his monthly look at which Xbox Live Arcade games are hits, including new data on Terraria and Minecraft stats direct from Mojang. Console/PC, Indie, Business/Marketing

		24 Exploring video game animation with a film industry veteran by Mike Rose [04.04.13] Lionel Gallat has been working on animated movies for over 15 years now, serving as animation director on films like Despicable Me and The Lorax. Now he's making video games, and spotting comparisons everywhere. Console/PC, Indie, Programming, Art, Design, Production, Exclusive

		2 Four PR lessons learned from GDC 2013 by Gamasutra Community [04.03.13] The noise around GDC is tremendous, argues public relations professional Ken Johnston, and in this post he offers the lessons he learned about fighting to get noticed during the event. Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Business/Marketing

		2 Video: Raph Koster remembers his first (kind of adorable) game by Frank Cifaldi [04.03.13] Every developer has his roots, and in the case of the noted Star Wars Galaxies and Ultima Online designer, those roots were in an Atari 8-bit game that cloned some arcade titles and sold exactly one copy. Console/PC, Indie, Programming, Design, Video

		18 Defender's Quest devs learn that a game's story must explain its mechanics by Gamasutra Community [04.03.13] Lars Doucet and James Cavin explain why their game, Defender's Quest, has a story that's completely consistent with its mechanics -- and why that's essential. Social/Online, Indie, Design

		Listen to Fullbright, Harmonix and NYU from the GDC floor by Staff [04.03.13] As the final lectures of last Thursday finished, One Life Left convened another diverse panel to chat some more about life making games in 2013. Click through for portals, storytelling and secrets. Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Podcast, Video, GDC


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