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I was walking around the block with my daughter on my shoulders. On the street behind our house I was overtaken by a mother carrying a small dog and her little seven or eight year old son proudly carrying a dvd or game box. As they passed I noticed that it was a copy of Grand Theft Auto 4 that she …

E3 Ten Years Ago

Flash of Steel

I was talking to a colleague yesterday about going to E3. He isn’t, and he hasn’t been in a long time. Like me, he’s primarily a PC gamer, so he feels a little bit out of the loop with the new console heavy E3 schedule. So, just for kicks, I dug out the Computer Games Strategy …

Happy Independence Day!

GBGames' Blog

July 4th is the day that Americans celebrate independence from England and the decision for the United States to find its own way in the world. For revenge, GirlFlash decided to host Mini LD48 #2. also, sorry if I am interrupting anybodies Independence day plans, but I’m English and this is how I …

Research Blogs

covert.c's thought matrix on computer games, MMOs and design

http://covertcreative.blogspot.com
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Explorations in the world of independent game development.

http://sonicron.solaristudios.com
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Sunday September 23 2007 00:30
Friday July 04 2008 04:29
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A group blog hosting semi-serious discussion of video games and video game criticism.

http://www.academic-gamers.org/
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Saturday June 11 2005 22:15
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http://alpatrick.blogspot.com
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Wednesday January 23 2008 05:01
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Toby Hede's blog of games, java and general internet weirdness.

http://www.info-architects.net/vapourized/index.php
http://info-architects.net/vapourized/rss/games.php
Wednesday August 16 2006 04:30
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A blog from b0r3d at 1Up.com. Get your own blog by visiting http://www.1up.com.

http://www.1up.com/do/my1Up?publicUserId=5619584&Dispatch=Display
http://www.1up.com/do/journalRSS?Dispatch=Display&publicUserId=5619584
Friday April 13 2007 06:01
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Thoughts on videogames, current affairs, and other things

http://benhourigan.com
http://benhourigan.com/wp-rss2.php?cat=3
Monday February 27 2006 22:25
Thursday July 03 2008 03:30
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If it breaks, you get to keep both parts

http://www.blackwood.dk/weblog
http://www.blackwood.dk/weblog/feed/rss2/
Monday December 31 2007 17:45
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Games For Everyone Else

http://spaces.msn.com/members/ninjack/
http://spaces.msn.com/members/ninjack/feed.rss
Tuesday May 30 2006 12:45
Tuesday July 01 2008 07:04
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Charlie's blog on game design, development and business

http://www.charliecleveland.com/
http://www.charliecleveland.com/index.rdf
Thursday September 29 2005 15:15
Friday July 04 2008 04:29
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This weblog discusses the finer points of videogame character costumes.


Philosophy and rules:
1) The ideal costume looks cool, but also has a soul.
2) Overall aesthetics of the game also come into play.
3) A great costume can make a good game great or a bad game …

http://costumeget.blogspot.com
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Friday June 27 2008 20:15
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Curmudgeoning All Games Equally

http://curmudgeongamer.com
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Wednesday June 18 2008 04:30
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GameSpace.nl

http://www.gamespace.nl
http://www.gamespace.nl/backend/geeklog.rdf
Thursday November 23 2006 12:01
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Your source for game and graphics development

http://www.devmaster.net/
http://www.devmaster.net/rss/
Sunday March 12 2006 16:10
Monday June 30 2008 16:39
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MMORPGs, gaming, education, society, life, and one group's attempt to make sense of it all

http://everkvetch.blogs.com/everkvetch/
http://everkvetch.blogs.com/everkvetch/index.rdf
Saturday July 05 2008 02:45
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http://flashofsteel.com
http://feeds.feedburner.com/FlashOfSteel
Friday July 04 2008 20:15
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http://www.unet.fi/fransblog
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Tuesday August 08 2006 03:01
Thursday June 19 2008 02:23
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We like videogames so much... we eat them.

http://game-eaters.blogspot.com
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Wednesday June 06 2007 06:15
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Gaming news, for real gamers by real gamers

http://www.gamerandy.com/
http://www.gamerandy.com/atom.xml
Friday November 18 2005 18:25
Thursday June 05 2008 05:16
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Games research blog run by Andrew Mactavish (Assistant Professor of Multimedia, School of the Arts, McMaster University).

http://strange.mcmaster.ca/~mactavis/weblog/research/
http://strange.mcmaster.ca/~mactavis/weblog/research/index.rdf
Wednesday May 04 2005 21:20
Thursday July 03 2008 03:30
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Independent videogame news, reviews, previews and more since 1995.

http://www.gamesfirst.com
http://gamesfirst.com/rss.php
Sunday April 06 2008 20:15
Thursday July 03 2008 03:22
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IBM leaders discuss the future of gaming

http://gametomorrow.com/blog
http://www.gametomorrow.com/blog/wp-rss2.php
Monday June 23 2008 21:30
Monday June 30 2008 22:59
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Deep Video Game Ideas

http://gametruthdotorg.blogspot.com
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Saturday July 05 2008 01:01
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An Indie Game Developer's somewhat interesting thoughts

http://gbgames.com/blog
http://gbgames.com/blog/?feed=rss2
Friday July 04 2008 14:01
Monday June 16 2008 17:27
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Think Global, Act Mammal

http://blogs.gameblogs.org/GlobalMammal
http://blogs.gameblogs.org/GlobalMammal/index.php?feed=rss2&cat=3
Friday August 26 2005 20:50
Thursday July 03 2008 03:30
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A group blog about computer narrative, games, poetry, and art.

http://grandtextauto.gatech.edu
http://grandtextauto.gatech.edu/feed/rss2/
Saturday June 28 2008 19:01
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http://www.grindthatauthority.de
http://www.grindthatauthority.de/?feed=rss2
Thursday July 03 2008 12:01
Saturday June 28 2008 18:04
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Cyberspace. Virtual communities. Online games. Distributed systems.
Opinion, history, advice, and silliness from two guys who've been building this stuff for a long, long time.

http://www.fudco.com/habitat/
http://www.fudco.com/habitat/index.rdf
Monday June 09 2008 20:30
Friday June 06 2008 16:13
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Mr. B's log

http://www.henrikbennetsen.com/
http://www.henrikbennetsen.com/wp-rss2.php
Friday April 13 2007 04:30
Thursday July 03 2008 03:29
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Research on computer games, comic books, and mass media franchises.

http://www.earthx.org/
http://www.earthx.org/node/feed
Saturday April 29 2006 17:45
Friday June 06 2008 17:13
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Scott Brodie's thoughts on creativity and the design process.

http://www.msu.edu/~brodies1/log/index.html
http://www.msu.edu/~brodies1/log/feed.xml
Wednesday January 10 2007 12:15
Wednesday July 02 2008 19:43
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The thoughts of a video game Level Designer - http://www.levelarchitect.com.

http://anichols.blogspot.com
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Sunday June 24 2007 18:15
Thursday June 26 2008 14:58
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exploring ludic media

http://www.ludonauts.com/
http://www.ludonauts.com/feed/
Saturday July 05 2008 00:30
Sunday June 15 2008 21:51
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Game news, views, and ramblings...

http://memorycard.blogs.com/memorycard/
http://memorycard.blogs.com/memorycard/index.rdf
Tuesday July 03 2007 19:30
Monday June 30 2008 16:47
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Brought to you by myRSS - build your own RSS channel

http://particlestream.motime.com/
http://syndication.motime.com/particlestream/rss2.xml
Thursday November 09 2006 03:45
Friday June 06 2008 16:14
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Thoughts, ramblings and braindumps about game design, level design, ludology, the games industry and random personal stuff.

http://nullsumme.blogspot.com
http://nullsumme.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Wednesday June 04 2008 12:15
Tuesday July 01 2008 16:03
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Outside Looking In A wannabe game developer looks into the industry.

http://jeffool.blogspot.com
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Wednesday April 12 2006 09:30
Sunday June 15 2008 13:36
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Chris Bateman of International Hobo randomly transcribes thoughts he has about games, game design, game narrative, philosophy, and anything else that tumbles through his mind.

http://onlyagame.typepad.com/only_a_game/
http://onlyagame.typepad.com/only_a_game/atom.xml
Wednesday July 02 2008 12:15
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By Gamer. For Gamers.

http://www.over-clocked.net
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Thursday May 05 2005 01:20
Friday June 06 2008 16:02
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a blog about fiction and games

http://particlestream.motime.com
http://syndication.motime.com/particlestream/rss2.xml
Wednesday November 08 2006 19:01
Friday June 06 2008 16:00
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http://theplayethic.typepad.com/play_journal/
http://theplayethic.typepad.com/play_journal/index.rdf
Wednesday May 14 2008 21:45
Thursday June 05 2008 05:44
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RedAssedBabbon.com blog entries

http://www.redassedbaboon.com
http://www.redassedbaboon.com/rss/blog.xml
Monday February 27 2006 22:10
Monday June 30 2008 15:49
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A conservative videogamer's view of the industry.

http://rightongames.blogspot.com
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Wednesday December 13 2006 05:30
Monday June 09 2008 17:41
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notes on games, artificial intelligence, and programming

http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~rob/blog
http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~rob/blog/wordpress/wp-rss2.php
Saturday June 11 2005 21:30
Friday July 04 2008 09:53
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http://www.itu.dk/people/folmann/
http://www.itu.dk/people/folmann/atom.xml
Saturday June 11 2005 19:00
Thursday June 26 2008 12:51
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Social Study Games site syndication

socialstudygames.com
http://socialstudygames.com/index2.php?option=com_rssxt&type=RSS2.0&no_html=1
Wednesday October 03 2007 14:45
Wednesday July 02 2008 19:49
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A weblog about virtual worlds.

http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/
http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/index.rdf
Thursday July 03 2008 17:45
Thursday July 03 2008 06:15
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The research blog of Jonas Heide Smith

http://jonassmith.dk/weblog
http://jonassmith.dk/weblog/?feed=rss2
Friday July 04 2008 00:45
Friday July 04 2008 06:19
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Game research and other important things

http://jesperjuul.dk/ludologist/index.php
http://jesperjuul.dk/ludologist/index.php?feed=rss2
Monday June 30 2008 23:30
Thursday July 03 2008 03:30
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Comment and discussion on Valve Software's digital distribution platform.

http://www.steamreview.org
http://feeds.feedburner.com/steamreview
Monday June 30 2008 00:01
Sunday June 15 2008 13:36
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Comment and discussion on Valve Software's digital distribution platform.

http://varsity_uk.blogspot.com
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Tuesday October 25 2005 10:20
Thursday June 05 2008 05:42
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http://thewarwicknews.blogspot.com
http://thewarwicknews.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Tuesday April 17 2007 05:45
Thursday June 05 2008 04:51
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Random ramblings from the TV Heads

http://tvheads.org/blog
http://tvheads.org/blog/?feed=rss2
Monday December 19 2005 00:50
Thursday July 03 2008 03:28
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vesterblog.dk - Tore Vesterby's thesis blog on women and gaming

http://vesterblog.dk/
http://vesterblog.dk/ordpressen/wp-rss2.php
Saturday October 21 2006 07:30
Friday June 06 2008 17:07
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A video game thinktank

http://vicejoy.blogspot.com
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Thursday December 13 2007 13:01
Thursday July 03 2008 03:30
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http://www.virtuallearningworlds.com/
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Saturday June 11 2005 20:05
Wednesday July 02 2008 19:49
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Yankidank Technology Site Feed.

http://www.yankidank.com
http://www.yankidank.com/backend/opinion
Saturday June 03 2006 11:15
Wednesday June 11 2008 11:40
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nullsumme's ModBlog

http://nullsumme.modblog.com/
http://nullsumme.modblog.com/backend/modblog/modblogs.rss.php
Friday December 02 2005 18:20
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