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Games Programmer
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UK - London

Entries in ‘March 2008’ (22)

Q&A: Warren Spector, Part 2
Thursday, 20th March 2008 at 2:10 pm

Q&A: Warren Spector, Part 2

What if a game's legacy weren't its set pieces or its graphics, but the issues and choices players make. For people like Warren Spector, such a thing is the Holy Grail - and, he says, there's no reason we can't do it...

Sound for a pound
Thursday, 20th March 2008 at 3:43 pm

Sound for a pound

Not got the time or, perhaps more importantly, the funds to build your own audio engine? We take a look at the prominent audio middleware on the market...

All that glitters…
Tuesday, 25th March 2008 at 9:30 am

All that glitters…

December’s EU decision to allow the French tax break for eligible games production appears, on the surface, to be a victory for a government trying to protect its games development industry from the threat of globalisation.

IP profile: RollerCoaster Tycoon
Wednesday, 26th March 2008 at 9:35 am

IP profile: RollerCoaster Tycoon

In the second of a new series of articles profiling, celebrating and analysing some of the best and biggest British-made IPs, we examine RollerCoaster Tycoon and chart its history from a one-man development team to big business - and back again…

Get your head in the game
Thursday, 27th March 2008 at 11:33 am

Get your head in the game

Our special run of articles looking at powering up your games career starts with a guide for beginners. Do you dream of a move into the games industry, but don’t know where to start? We take a look at what you can do right now...

First scrum, first served
Friday, 28th March 2008 at 12:45 pm

First scrum, first served

Juice Games’ Paul Keast explains why scrum is a great way to empower new entrants to the games industry…

Trading places – part 1
Monday, 31st March 2008 at 8:00 am

Trading places – part 1

At the end of January trade association Tiga announced it had appointed former Institute of Directors and Royal Academy of Engineering man Richard Wilson as its new head. A month into the job we have his first interview, a wide-ranging chat looking at every part of Tiga's remit, as CEO…

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