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It's Your Game

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It's Your Game

Machinima

The scene was a familiar one: Tom Cruise using his Matt Lauer-lecturing tone to question Jack Nicholson about events on his military base. ...
By JR Sutich Legacy AuthorAugust 2, 2005
It's Your Game

Don’t Roleplay the Bugs

On screen, my module – the second I’ve created with the Aurora toolset for Neverwinter Nights – is finally proceeding smoothly. Jon is ...
By Max Steele Legacy AuthorAugust 2, 2005
It's Your Game

The Highest Form of Flattery

“Hey, dude,” my friend Shawn said. “Wanna be a GM in UO?” “Does the Pope crap in the woods?” I answered jubilantly. It ...
By Joe Blancato Legacy AuthorAugust 2, 2005
It's Your Game

Dance with Intensity

I was almost a world-famous game designer. Well, world famous might be a bit of a stretch. “Certain-parts-of-the-Internet” famous might be more accurate. ...
By Kyle Orland Legacy AuthorAugust 2, 2005
It's Your Game

Player-Prompted Paranoia

I didn’t know it at the time, but in late February 2004, I was Rick Jones. There’s probably tens of thousands of Rick ...
By Allen Varney Legacy AuthorAugust 2, 2005
It's Your Game

What Garry Made

Just last night a gamer said to me: “Half-Life 2 – is it as good as they say?” “Oh yes indeed,” I replied. ...
By Jim Rossignol Legacy AuthorAugust 2, 2005
It's Your Game

Architecture and Vice

There’s Cinderella with her gown up over her face, glass slippers in the air and Prince Charming … well, hang on a second. ...
By Dave Thomas Legacy AuthorAugust 2, 2005
It's Your Game

Player Created Content

In the beginning, developers and players were the same, hacking away on academic networks for the entertainment of their peers. The advent of ...
By Virgil Legacy AuthorAugust 2, 2005
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