Archive for July, 2006

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Jaded beauty

Date July 30th, 2006 Comment 185 Comments

Jaded beauty
While gamers often complain about the number of ‘ordinary’ videogames making their way onto shelves, it’s not uncommon for an exceptional title to completely miss out on public support. Working in PR for Ubisoft Australia, Owen Hughes writes about his experiences of a sadly overlooked titles that’s still close to his heart: Beyond Good […]

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First-person tourist

Date July 26th, 2006 Comment 10 Comments

First-person tourist
Playing games is not enough for 27-year-old PhD student, gamer and uber-geek Bhautik Joshi. He wants souvenirs.
If UK-born Sydney student Bhautik Joshi isn’t constantly at academic parties, surrounded by intelligent, sophisticated women sipping Baileys on ice, then he’s doing something wrong. The mere fact that he’s spent the last four-and-a-half years doing a PhD […]

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I know your game

Date July 22nd, 2006 Comment 10 Comments

I know your game
For many gamers, artificial intelligence (AI) is all too often about enemy creatures who are able to decimate your entire party of adventurers using nothing more than a wet sock and a half-used length of sticky tape.    But delve a little into the world of AI development—and speak to veteran researcher Nathan Combs—and […]