Awesome Firefox Addons For Programmers
If you’re writing any kind of web-based program then these addons are for you as well. I use these pretty much every week, sometimes every day. Firefox is my browser of choice because it’s...
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Girl Gamers: Statistics & Trends
A few months ago I surveyed over 500 members from my online game whiteoakstables.net, a realistic horse game. White Oak Stables has almost exclusively female players. The findings are as follows: Age: 10: 2%...
List Of Game Engines
Crystal Space 3D Dark GDK G3D Engine – good tool libraries, large free model collection jMonkey Engine Panda3D Torque Engine – very popular with independent developers MMO Specific Engines Unity 3D – in browser...
Crunching the Numbers: Video Game Industry
According industry studies conducted by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), approximately 41% of Americans have purchased or are expected to purchase video games in 2008. Sixty-five percent of American households play computer or video...
Ten Reasons Not To Use ASP!
10. I have to write my own isNull function? 9. No double equals = retarded language 8. You can’t response.write across multiple lines unless you _ & fix them. Can’t concatenate across multiple lines...
BioShock: Graphic Violence in Video Games
Since when have playing games become all about how much blood sprays your screen when you bash someone over the head with a tire iron? Just this weekend I was over at my Cousin’s...
Gaming Industry Standards
U.S. computer and video game software sales grew six percent in 2007 to $9.5 billion — more than tripling industry software sales since 1996. Sixty-seven percent of American heads of households play computer and...
Movie Video Games: Cop-Outs?
Just yesterday I was watching the TV and a commercial for the new Narnia Movie came up. Or so I thought. Instead it turns out it was for the Narnia video game. Then today...
Video Games For Girls & Women: Why Not?
Calling all female gamers. Why is it we take a back seat to the boys? Like they have more money or something? I bet you a girl is more likely to convince daddy to...
Social Community
One of the most interesting things I’ve found creating games is the sense of community that evolves out of them over the years. For instance, on my largest game White Oak Stables I’ve setup...
