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[adamdorseyportfolio]

Title: "5HP: Booth Babe Edition - E3 2011" Release Date: June 22, 2011 Primary Duties: Editor, Special Effects

I edited and did the special effects for this video for Bitmob (now known as GamesBeat), and it was distributed by Machinima. It was fun to recreate the Mortal Kombat character select screen.

This video received over 250,000 views. Maybe some of those views weren't cleavage related?

[playistic]

Testing…testing…nothing to read here!

This is a summary! Yup! http://goo.gl/5eH3D #Playistic

[indestructibleart]

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Indestructible Art 69: Dan 'Shoe' Hsu and Demian Linn IA entertains ex-EGM staffers and Bitmob founders Dan 'Shoe' Hsu and Demian Linn. They tell us all about working in print, the transition to web, and the transition of Bitmob from start up to GamesBeat. After the interview the crew get back into it with some interesting news stories and Pick's of the Week.

Show Notes

Rayman Legends delayed to September - JoyStiq

DICE Talks! Check them out! - YouTube

Big Changes at DC - ComicVine

Marvel’s “Infinity” For Free Comic Book Day - Comics Alliance

DC announces the “Movement” and the “Green Team” - ComicVine

Lightning News

Crytek going free to play - VentureBeat Best Buy cancels 3k BioShock Infinite pre-orders - Side Questing WiiU ZombieU bundle - JoyStiq Assassins Creed gets new time, new hero, in 2014 - JoyStiq The XCOM Shooter still lives - Take-Two Exclusive DLC VR missions for PS3 version of MGS Rising - PS Blog SuperBot and Sony break up - Kotaku Ziff Davis buys IGN - IGN

Batman Inc. #8  to cause a media storm - Bleeding Cool Marvel unleashes “Age Of Ultron Trailer” - Bleeding Cool The She-Hulk Diaries and Rogue Touch - Comics Alliance Digital First “Superman Adventures” Continuity Free! - Comics Alliance Iron Man’s “Secret Origin” to be revealed - Newsarama Marvel Increases market Dominance - Bleeding Cool Legend Of Zelda Hyrule Historia NY Times Best Seller! - Kotaku

[goodgameswriting-blog]

Sci-Fi (Games) Could Do With A Change

Because how many games take place in outer space or in a Not So Far Away Dystopian Future? Pretty much all of them.

Streamline Studios Product Development Director Stefan Baier remarks:

Don’t get me wrong, I love traditional sci-fi, but in our modern world – a world of relationships empowered by iPads and social networks – technology is no longer all that mysterious in mainstream culture. It’s a brighter place, and there is still a lot of green… at least hopefully so.

Then there's Bitmob's Rus McLaughlin who is tired of the hulking, white Space Marine:

See, Mr. Space Marine isn't just a walking, shooting cliché...he also severely limits width and breadth of the story you're allowed to tell. The second you step into those space-army boots, you'll spend the next 6-8 hours shooting ugly aliens and/or rival space marines from Planet Enemy, guided by a disembodied voice on a mission of critical importance (despite only meriting a detached squad of four soldiers), moving from skirmish to skirmish while a major engagement plays out in the middle-distance. Possibly you'll start feeling betrayed by high command's big picture vs. realities on the ground, or a few surprise betrayals will blindside you, but then you'll go shoot them.

Baier, Stefan. "To Sci or not to Sci" (May 3, 2012) <http://www.streamline-studios.com/wordpress1/2012/05/03/to-sci-or-not-to-sci/>.

McLaughlin, Rus. "Retire the space marine" (Bitmob: May 8, 2012) <http://bitmob.com/articles/retire-the-space-marine>.

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Bitmob community writer Graham Zerebeski, as spotted by reader KnucklesSonic8, writes about the brouhaha stemming from game developers' bonuses being tied to MetaCritic scores. It's a song and dance that's been done many a time, but I admire Graham's ability to cut straight to the heart of the issue. It's just not sane.

[goodgameswriting-blog]

"What's up with final bosses" could very easily be the start of a Jerry Seinfeld joke. Fortunately, it's not, but we're sure Rus McLaughlin asked himself that very question when writing this list. Here's an acute observation:

The secret rules of game awesomeness apparently decree that any end-boss must be knocked down three times for ultimate defeat. Maybe they even transform into scarier versions of themselves between sessions! Or else they’re just bigger, healthier versions of the baddies you’ve been killing for hours. Find the exploit -- it glows! -- give it a good whack, savagely beat enemy while stunned, circle strafe to avoid incoming fire, yadda yadda yadda. Seriously, who put these kindergartners in charge of ultimate evil?

So what are these suggestions? Read his article to find out, silly. 

Also, is Mr Freeze not the best boss you've fought in ages or what?

[goodgameswriting-blog]

I've really been going gung-ho over anecdotal pieces lately, particularly where they relate to families. Shameless self promotion time: I recently wrote one. To see my friend Layton Shumway write a similar anecdote, in which he, too, gloats about being an uncle was kind of surreal. I got over that sensation in a hurry, though:

As I played with my niece and nephew, I thought back to my own early childhood. Unsurprisingly, I couldn’t remember much -- just a few images here and there.

What I can remember are the sounds.

Where's this going, you might ask. I'll tell you:

Each location, also known as “Your Sanctuary,” features a boss battle against a grotesque (often humorous) monster of some kind. But the monsters aren’t the point. The real reason for visiting these places is to use the Sound Stone to gather a snatch of a melody. And after those few notes play, Ness recalls a brief memory -- a glimpse of his dog as a puppy, a whiff of his favorite food (as chosen by the player), or the sound of his mother’s voice. (emphasis mine)

Shumway, Layton. "Home, memory, and the music of Earthbound" (Bitmob: March 26, 2012) <http://bitmob.com/articles/home-memory-and-the-music-of-earthbound>.

[goodgameswriting-blog]

For me, gaming has always been something the whole family has been involved in. I learned at a young age to moderate my time with games and television and offset it with other activities. Scott Steinberg's article implores responsible gaming and more -- like kids playing more games. Hmm.

Thanks Kelly!