Play games = become better surgeons (!)

Here’s one for all the naysayers who think playing games is about as beneficial to your well-being as say taking a dive off Republic Plaza. What do you know; US researchers have actually noted that surgeons who play video games become better at what they do:
Gentile presented several studies on video games including one involving 33 surgeons specializing [...]

Exclusive Session with Will Wright at the Zoo

By Low Kuan Wei, GET Junior Year
SimCity, The Sims and now Spore. Will Wright created them all. When I realized that I was given the rare opportunity to attend an exclusive session with him, I was very excited. After all, I am an avid fan of The Sims myself, as well as, eagerly awaiting Spore. [...]

A history of gaming platforms

Here’s another article from Gamasutra looking at the early gaming platforms. The age of some of these platforms is beyond the age of most GET students but there could be one or two students in the course who may vaguely recall these. Plenty of photos in the article that will help contextualize what gaming machines [...]

“Is this a good idea for me to start a business?” by Addison Kang.

Good morning everybody, it’s Wee You here again!
Yesterday evening, Mr. Addison Kang, former CEO of Asiasoft, visited our school and gave a detailed speech on basically entrepeneurship and the game industry. The main topic he focused on was whether it was a good idea to start a business.
A point he brought up that was very [...]

Gaming and Society

Here’s an informative perspective on the current issues of gaming, society and demography. Yep it sounds suspisciously like a certain lecture topic in Introduction to Computer Games (INCG), and especially if you had to write an essay on it. Even if not, it’s still a useful summative write-up on the current issues; including who social [...]

I climb a mountain to work everyday… really!

Hello all! It has been awhile since the last time I’ve posted, and I have an excuse. Ha! Bet you guys weren’t expecting that. Well, my excuse is that I’m now attached to Mikoishi, a local mobile game (they actually have a PC game to be released… development company. Myself, along with 3 other fellow [...]

Outsourcing game development

Here’s an interesting write-up on the outsourcing of game development to the follow-up of Command and Conquer 3 released last year, Kane’s Wrath. It seems a little opinion-based but it’s nonetheless still a thoughtful read on the risks of outsourcing. A snippet here:
Now, some of the outsourcing has worked. For example, while much of the art and [...]

Game Career Guide 2008

Game Developer Magazine, the long-running USA based games industry magazine has just published its annual career guide. Packed with information on how to join the industry, what positions pay what money and which university courses are available, its a very interesting read.
And best of all, its a free download! Be warned, the pdf version is [...]

Good news for PC Gamers (really)

Some folks would have you believe that PC Gaming has been on a decline, especially with the increasing share commanded by console games.
Well, at least one pretty important person doesn’t think so. He’s Mike Morhaime, Chief Executive of Blizzard Entertainment, publisher of all those massive million-copies sold games like Diablo, Starcraft, Warcraft, World of Warcraft [...]

News: Kids acting out GTA IV get arrested

Here’s a bit of GTA IV related news, which could be either sad or just hilariously funny - depending on your point of view; news source here.
Teenagers who police say went on a video-game-inspired late-night crime spree were arraigned Thursday after they mugged a man outside a New Hyde Park supermarket and menaced motorists in [...]