Gamasutra - Catching Up Casually: A Chat with Alexey Pajitnov
While there, we also got the chance to speak with some of the key speakers at the conference — including Alexey Pajitnov, creator of Tetris, who was there to participate in a Q&A session following the presentation of the documentary Tetris: From Russia with Love. We engaged him to discuss the state of the casual game market, a form he helped to birth, as well as his current game projects and the storied history of Tetris.
Game Politics - PTC Threatens Politicians Who Accept Video Game Biz Contributions
The Parents Television Council wasted little time in announcing that it would target elected officials who accept contributions from the ESA’s new political action committee (PAC). In a press release, PTC president Tim Winter (left) said:
Let me be clear of our intentions: Any public servant who cashes a check from the video game industry will be exposed by the PTC as taking a stand against families, and his or her actions will be communicated to constituents in his or her congressional district.
Heroine Sheik - Unreal Tournament 3 is Everything Wrong with Gaming
Unreal Tournament III represents everything that’s wrong with video games today. Just looking at the screenshots for the latest installment in the Unreal series, I’m not sure whether to laugh, cry, or pound my head into the first available wall. Come on, industry, these are the games we pour our sweat and blood into? Come on gamers, these are the titles we work ourselves up over? And we wonder why we have such an impossible time getting video games cred as an artistic medium.
