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Goodbye, 1UP Podcasts - Viva Rebel FM

Jan 13, 2009
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http://patapete.vox.com/library/post/goodbye-1u...

Patapete looks into the aftermath of the 1UP house-clearing. 1UP FM has been reborn into Rebel FM. Hopefully 1UP Yours, the best gaming podcast the Internet had ever seen, will find its feet.

IRS May Push for Tax Compliance in Virtual Worlds

Jan 13, 2009
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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/small-business...

The IRS have finally decided that virtual worlds need to be taxed (anyone who read Play Money will have seen this one coming), but for many Western players, the idea of their in-game items having legitimate real-world value is an odd one, and even if gamers have the ability to convert those items to a real value, should they be taxed while they remain immaterial?

Big fish, small pond

Jan 11, 2009
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http://blog.wolfire.com/2008/12/why-you-should-...

An indie dev notes that his sales for Mac OS and Linux are much higher than Windows. Wil Shipley has previously made the same case for Mac OS development: if you're a big fish in a small pond, you stand to make a fair amount of money. I could stretch the metaphor to "blue ocean strategy", but I won't. But maybe I just did.

Gamasutra - EA Cancels Tiberium, Cites Quality Issues

Oct 9, 2008
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http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php...

If you want to see a studio in meltdown, the comments section on this story has all the dirty laundry you could ever want. I feel bad for those guys.

ESA Hires Former RIAA Exec

Aug 21, 2008
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http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/08/esa-hires-f...

Gamers who have been following the RIAA's quest to sue every filesharer they can find into oblivion will no doubt bristle at Doroshow's appointment, though the ESA has yet to reveal what role Doroshow will play in their day to day affairs.

Mythic won't credit past employees on WAR

Aug 20, 2008
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http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54263

"Over the years, we've had hundreds of people work on the game, and we thank everyone who helped us bring our Warhammer passion to life, but only current employees that have continued until the end will be credited in the final game," Mythic VP and general manager Mark Jacobs told Shacknews.

Flagship Founder Bill Roper Interview

Aug 19, 2008
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http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=0

Casual Gold Bust - Forbes.com

Aug 7, 2008
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http://www.forbes.com/2008/08/01/casual-games-m...

Forbes explores how casual game developers are finding it increasingly difficult to do business as more and more games flood the market.

Corpse Craft

Aug 4, 2008
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http://www.whirled.com/#games-d_827

Fun little flash game. Amazing how a wonderful setting can elevate such a simple premise.

Richard Bartle: Gamers have beaten the censors

Aug 4, 2008
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/2...

Bartle might well have a thing or two to say to Australia.

Banned: the absurdity of Australia's game rating regime

Aug 4, 2008
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/31/2...

"Australia's lack of an R18+ classification means that some of the world's most important video games are effectively banned from appearing down under at all."