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Adventure Gamers : Links Directory An episodic Flash adventure game which takes its heroine Meg into a dangerous journey involving a man named Steppenwolf and an unknown organization. A good collection of high-quality text adventure games, with several new games in production at the moment. An intruiging cross between Cluedo and an adventure game. www.adventuregamers.com /links.php?trail=0;23   (145 words)

A JA WORLD EXCLUSIVE - JANE JENSEN ON GRAY MATTER, OBERON MEDIA & BOOBY TRAP - Article - Just Adventure - Reviews PC and PS2 Walkthroughs - Previews and Adventure News! Jane is taking the adventure community on a bold journey forward, not only by co-founding a company to develop her own games, but also by having the courage to attempt to sell her product to a new demographic online. Jane firmly believes that the future of adventure gaming is through downloadable online games with high content value and lower budgets and her new development company – Oberon Media (which Jane founded with three business partners) -- is poised to lead the charge. While many of you may think that Gray Matter as an online adventure game has completely changed course, the truth is that it was originally envisioned as an episodic, online game and it would, in fact, be returning to its roots. www.justadventure.com /articles/JaneJensenNews/JaneJensenNews.shtm   (739 words)

Shoot 'em up - Psychology Central Recent games to utilize this type of gameplay are Tempest 2000, its sequel Tempest 3000 and the freeware from ABA Games Torus Trooper. This game introduced many concepts that are standard in scrolling shooters today, such as an episodic level structure, and bosses. Because the player does not have ultimate choice in where the protagnoist moves, these games are often known as rail shooters, although that term eclipses a number of genres. psychcentral.com /psypsych/Arcade_shooter   (2681 words)

Xbox Launch One of Most Successful in Video Game History: Xbox to Launch in Japan, Europe and Australia in Coming Months Xbox online gaming will feature fast downloads of new characters, new vehicles and new levels to keep games fresh while also enabling episodic games. Xbox empowers game artists by giving them the technology to fulfill their creative visions as never before, creating games that blur the lines between fantasy and reality. The rollout of the Xbox online gaming service in the first half of this year will give gamers the ability to easily find and play games online with friends, and communicate with other gamers in real time using their own voice through the hands-free Xbox Communicator. www.microsoft.com /presspass/press/2002/jan02/01-08SuccessfulLaunchPR.mspx   (731 words)

Adventure Gamers : Graham Annable of Telltale Telltale recently announced their first adventure game project, which will be the first in a series of games based on the comic book series Bone. Most of its employees worked on many classic adventure games, and it's no surprise that their mission is to deliver "visually appealing, character-rich, cinematic games". There will be a healthy balance of classic adventure game puzzles and mini games that will continuously progress both the characters and story. www.adventuregamers.com /article/id,492   (1137 words)

Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition for the GBA - Game Boy Advance News at GameSpot While a majority of the games had been previously announced, a number of Midway’s Game Boy Advance games will be shown for the first time. All the other Game Boy Advance games in Midway’s lineup are scheduled for release this fall. The game will be an episodic adventure that features the art style of the cartoon. www.gamespot.com /gba/action/ozzyanddrix/news_6027160.html   (447 words)

World of Monkey Island MTV has an interesting article up about episodic video games, which looks like it might be the future of gaming. Well, one of the nominees in the Games category is ScummVM, the program you probably use for playing the older Monkey Island games. It gives an interesting insight in how he judged the game, and how this advice was totally not incorporated into the game. www.worldofmi.com   (1409 words)

Stallabras: Just Gaming Computer games force a mechanisation of the body on their players in which their movements and the image of their alter-ego provide a physical and a simulated image of the self under capital, subject to fragmentation, reification and the play of allegory. Computer gaming often produces an extreme social atomisation of the players; because of the fragmentary and episodic nature of the activity, it is very difficult to relate the experience of it to anyone else even if they know the game. Computer games are different from films in that players become actors, and they are different from other games because their actions appear to affect a distinct and autonomous world. www.stanford.edu /class/history34q/readings/Cyberspace/StallabrasJustGaming.html   (9719 words)

Blue's News: News Comments Bleu's News: Are the strategy first games going to be episodic like SiN? Strategy First, the publisher of PC games such as Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns and Galactic Civilization, has signed up with Valve to distribute future games on the company's Steam digital distribution service. The move represents the first step Strategy First has taken to rebuild U.S. distribution channels since its bankruptcy in 2004. www.bluesnews.com /cgi-bin/viewpost.pl/62711   (1004 words)

Half-Life Gaming.com - One Series, Years of Entertainment - #1 Resource for Half-Life Half-Life 2: Episode One, the first in series of episodic games from Valve, is now available for pre-purchase and pre-load via Steam. We hope this gives aspiring MOD teams a huge step up in creating games for the Half-Life 2 engine. We do this as a way to thank our dedicated community and to give other MOD teams an invaluable learning resource to use when creating new games. www.hlgaming.com   (4371 words)

Half-Life Gaming.com - One Series, Years of Entertainment - #1 Resource for Half-Life Half-Life 2: Episode One, the first in series of episodic games from Valve, is now available for pre-purchase and pre-load via Steam. We do this as a way to thank our dedicated community and to give other MOD teams an invaluable learning resource to use when creating new games. We hope this gives aspiring MOD teams a huge step up in creating games for the Half-Life 2 engine. www.hlgaming.com   (4371 words)

Q&A: Final Fantasy Concept Artist Yoshitaka Amano - PlayStation News at GameSpot Aside from his work on Final Fantasy, Amano is currently involved with the development of Capcom's episodic RPG Eldorado's Gate, and he's working on his own ongoing project, Hero. GameSpot had the opportunity to speak with Amano about how he got started in the video game industry, his work on previous Final Fantasy games, and the upcoming games in the series. GS: How did you initially become involved with the video game industry, and what are some games that you're working on? www.gamespot.com /ps/rpg/finalfantasy9/news_2662315.html   (4371 words)

The Unofficial Sam & Max Website - Sam and Max news at Samandmax.net Telltale's Sam & Max game will be released in episodic form, downloadable from their site and other games portals (similar to the approach they're taking with Bone). Ha ha, yes! The emotional roller coaster that is Sam & Max sequel news is headed up yet another hill, care of an announcement made tonight by Telltale Games that they have secured the rights to develop a game based on the freelance police. Elsewhere, a chunk of the Freelance Police development team split off from LucasArts to form their own company, Telltale Games, and are making a new point and click adventure based around Jeff Smith's immensely popular and acclaimed Bone comic. www.samandmax.net   (1585 words)

Alpha Centauri on Encyclopedia.com Firaxis Games Launches Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Web Site Featuring Journey to Centauri, an Original, Episodic Sci-fi Adventure Story FIRAXIS GAMES: Firaxis Games launches Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri web site featuring Journey to Centauri Actually, Alpha Centauri is a triple-star system, the components being designated A, B, and C. Alpha Centauri C is also called Proxima Centauri because it is the closest star to the earth (other than the sun), at a distance of 4.28 light-years, components A and B are currently 4.34 light-years away. www.encyclopedia.com /html/a/alphac1en.asp   (389 words)

Wire: Tomb Raider Launches on Sky Gamestar This is an entirely new genre for Sky Gamestar and the first episodic series. Sky Gamestar will follow up with a highscore version of Tomb Raider: Apocalypse, Episode 1: The Eye of Osiris that will feature a huge, specifically designed level that will be compatible with the Sky Gamepad enhanced functionality. Sky digital subscribers in the UK and Ireland can play Tomb Raider on Sky Gamestar by pressing the red button on the Sky remote and selecting Games when watching Sky channels. wire.ign.com /articles/380/380641p1.html   (389 words)

Game Informer Online Episodic gaming is a new concept that is being explored by a few companies. Tony Montana heads to consoles and we talk to the executive producer Pete Wanat about what seperates this from other open world games. Check out screens, movies, and impressions of these games and more as we kick off Game Informer Online’s Road To E3 coverage. www.gameinformer.com   (804 words)

Gamasutra - The Art & Business of Making Games Episodic Gaming in the Age of Digital Distribution [04.18.06] Extracted from their SIG Video Game Journal analyst newsletter, Jason Kraft and Chris Kwak look at the arguments surrounding episodic gaming and weigh the advantages and disadvantages, in the hope of simplifying the debate for investors heading into E3. Redefining 'Cartoony' Game Art by Marque Sondergaard [04.17.06] Citing the game industry's fixation with "realistic" graphics, Marque Sondergaard considers alternatives and the limiting term "cartoony", as he attempts to better define the use of stylized art in video games. Jaroslav Turna began work in the game development industry about 6 years ago, after a stint working at an advertising company. www.gamasutra.com   (1028 words)

YABA Geared for kids ages 6-11, Nickelodeon GAS seeks to cover the world of games and sports from all angles, from everyday kid competitions, video and board games, and organized sports, to kids' fascination with the big leagues. The channel's episodic line-up includes Nickelodeon's vast library of kids-first game shows such as: Double Dare, Wild and Crazy Kids and Figure it Out; and sports-related programs like Global GUTS and Nickelodeon Sports Theater with Shaquille O' Neal. The channel will also produce bowling-themed programs in its regularly-scheduled "All Access GAS" and "Extreme GAS" two-hour blocks, and its "GAS Updates" and "Heroes of the Game" interstitials. www.bowl.com /bowl/yaba/common/news/record.html?record=2168   (1028 words)

Sin 2 Episodes - Idle Forums Sin 2, the sequel to the original little known Sin game is going to be available for download in episodic format on Valve's Steam. To me, what this "episode thing" is to games is like what tv series are to movies. I don't think it will take over, just offer a different type of play and a different way of buying games. forums.idlethumbs.net /showthread.php?t=3322   (475 words)

SiN Episodes - GameArena "Digitally delivered episodic content is the next frontier in the games industry," said Steve Nix, Ritual CEO, affording the award-winning development studio unprecedented flexibility. The upcoming SiN Episodes chapter entitled Emergence is the first in a series of episodic adventures powered by the award-winning Source (tm) engine developed by Valve®. SiN Episodes: Emergence features never before seen weapons, characters and environments along with a host of interactive options, paying homage to its predecessors, SiN and its expansion pack, Wages of SiN, which set a new bar for interactivity. www.gamearena.com.au /news/read/3148025   (1004 words)

Globetechnology: A new and deadly SiN Through the use of Source technology and episodic distribution, Ritual has the opportunity to deliver a first-person shooter that is highly innovative and strongly story-driven. "Usually the waiting time between games is several years, but with SiN Episodes we will be able to deliver a new episode every three to four months. "Episodic gaming also allows us to provide a steady stream of content for gamers," Mr. www.globetechnology.com /servlet/story/RTGAM.20050722.gtsinjul22/BNStory/AtPlay   (879 words)

RITUALISTIC Ritual Entertainment's Online Community Hub Former Ritual level designer Reid "BrushBaron" Kimball has written a thoughtful article entitled "Why Episodic Gaming Needs to Succeed." He goes into detail about how episodic gaming has the potential to be immensely popular in the games industry, benefiting developers and players alike. Back at Ritual Entertainment, each year after the Game Developers Conference, we get together to discuss the things we saw, learned and the people we met. The guys at Digital Entertainment News are the lastest to post a hands-on preview of SiN: Episodes, following the demo shown at CES. www.ritualistic.com   (2495 words)

GameSpy: ARUSH Entertainment Company Profile From development to publication to broadcast of games targeted at the mainstream player, ARUSH is an innovator in episodic game delivery. Just as television evolved from the motion picture industry, episodic interactive entertainment will evolve from the "gamer's game" to "everyone's entertainment". ARUSH Entertainment is a division of World Entertainment Broadcasting Corp (WEB Corp). www.gamespy.com /company/027/027559.html   (2495 words)

Special Web Editing Tools Caissa's Web -- Live chess games using a graphical interface Episodic Web Links -- A guide to continuing dramas, comedies and episodic thrillers on the web Brain Opera -- MIT Media Lab's unique online performance "center," in which you can become a participant www.sabine.k12.la.us /vrschool/spwebtol.htm   (2495 words)

RPGFan News - Sam and Max Are Coming Back However, developer Telltale Games has acquired the license to Sam and Max, and plans to release episodic titles of the anthropomorphic duo. Telltale Games isn't just anyone, however, as it's some of the members who left LucasArts when Sam and Max 2 was cancelled. Sam and Max Hit the Road is the point and click adventure right up there with Grim Fandango and Myst as being a fan favorite. www.rpgfan.com /news/2005/1873.html   (125 words)

Pop Thought -- Graham Annable Bone: Out from Boneville is the first in a long line of Telltale episodic adventure games to be released online. I've spent 10 years animating professionally in the games industry and just over 5 years creating comics for publication. Thankfully on Bone our predictions of what the art data size needed to be fell in line with the requirements the tech team required for the game to run smoothly. www.popthought.com /display_column.asp?DAID=881   (897 words)

Adventure Gamers : Graham Annable of Telltale Telltale recently announced their first adventure game project, which will be the first in a series of games based on the comic book series Bone. Bone offers a lot to Telltale and adventure games in general. We’ll be telling the entire storyline outlined in the original comics, in an episodic manner. www.adventuregamers.com /article/id,492   (1137 words)

Fu Thus, even though the game moves slowly, many Civ players describe their experience playing the game with the ‘just one more turn’ phenomenon – unlike action games in which most of the gameplay is episodic, in turn-based gaming most gameplay continues until the user chooses to quit. Turn-based games allow the player to make all of his or her moves in a linear fashion during a ‘turn’, after which the computer or a competitor makes their moves. strategy game in which the subject matter is the rise of human civilizations and cultures throughout history. www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/hasrg/histsci/STS145papers/Fu.htm   (3688 words)

PC Game News - Siege of Avalon to be Distributed in Europe Siege of Avalon is based on Digital Tome's Episodic Computer Game Novel™ where the game is dived into Chapters; with the first one being Free. Blackstar will distribute Digital Tome's first Episodic Computer Game Novel™ Siege of Avalon in Western Europe. Get the latest PC game cheats, reviews, downloads and previews as well as free hints, game walkthroughs, cheat codes and daily news for PC games at GameZone. pc.gamezone.com /news/03_28_01_07_39PM.htm   (3688 words)

archives.cgi?category=1&view=3-01 Another scenario Gates discussed was one in which Xbox video game players will be able to participate in episodic and dynamic games that extend their game experiences beyond what comes on the game DVD. Once a gamer have played the first couple of games, the NWL-system will be able to rate the gamer, and from then on he or she will be able to battle players on their own level. Throne of Bhaal is the concluding chapter in the Baldurs Gate series. www.gamesurge.com /cgi-bin/news/archives.cgi?category=1&view=3-01   (15006 words)

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