superannuation

http://tale-of-tales.com/blog/2009/11/04/all-igf-2010-videos/

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:12:19 -0800

http://tale-of-tales.com/blog/2009/11/04/all-igf-2010-videos/:

A compiling of all available videos of games entered into the 2010 Independent Games Festival.

"Video Game ConsultantUniversal Pictures (Public Company; GE; Entertainment industry) March 2009 —..."

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:35:57 -0800

“Video Game Consultant
Universal Pictures
(Public Company; GE; Entertainment industry)
March 2009 — March 2009 (1 month)
Project: “Rapture” (film, 2011)
Director: n/a

Five days of consultation regarding the video game industry, equipment assistance.”

- http://www.linkedin.com/in/elliotpeters

“Rapture” is/was the working title for the Bioshock film. But most importantly, wouldn’t you talk to Ken Levine or someone at 2K for this rather than some random person?

(Since it is a random person, I assume this happened through a Craigslist ad, which I apologize for overlooking.)

in which I improve the Modern Warfare 2 “launch”...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:37:57 -0800

in which I improve the Modern Warfare 2 “launch” trailer

http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77861274

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:23:10 -0800

http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77861274:

Electronic Arts has filed a trademark for Foto Face.

It’s safe to assume that the company’s forthcoming DSi masterpiece Foto Face: The Face Stealer Strikes will see US release—and that EA is as commited as Ubisoft is to butchering the English language.

http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77861783

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:16:13 -0800

http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77861783:

Grizzly Bear vocalist/guitarist Edward Droste of has filed a trademark registration for the band’s name that encompasses “electronic game software.”

Unlike Jimmy Buffet, I would totally approve of this (unlikely) iPhone game, as Grizzly Bear is a really good band.

http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77861914

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:11:34 -0800

http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77861914:

Activision has filed a new trademark registration for Drum Hero for use with LCD handheld games, arcades and toys.

A repurposing of the one-time Underground Development project?

Footage of Shadowrun: The Awakening, the FASA-developed...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:15:48 -0800

Footage of Shadowrun: The Awakening, the FASA-developed single-player Shadowrun reboot that was canned in favor of the multiplayer-only game released in 2007.

(via Unseen 64, who I assume are the ones that added the GYBE song.)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuart_jennett/

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:39:41 -0800

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuart_jennett/:

Concept art for miscelleanous unreleased projects including Juice Games’ After Burner pitch and Stormbirds.

http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77859323

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:38:03 -0800

http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77859323:

Square Enix has filed a trademark registration for Fantasy Earth Zero.

Wikipedia says this is an MMO presently only publicly available in Japan.

http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77859353

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:35:56 -0800

http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77859353:

Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville Enterprises has filed a trademark registration for Margaritaville for gaming-related use.

I don’t know what your terrible idea is Jim, but even if it is some crappy iPhone sailing game, I’ll pay you $2.50 to never enter the gaming space.

"Mr. Michaels said of the article, “Everybody keeps going on and on about a Citizen Kane of..."

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:15:37 -0800

“Mr. Michaels said of the article, “Everybody keeps going on and on about a Citizen Kane of videogames. I say, what’s that? Is there a Banana Republic line of Citizen Kane clothes? Does Citizen Kane make it cool for me to smoke profusely? Did Citizen Kane introduce me to the Manhattan, rocks, one cherry? No. And that’s why we need an article like mine in the gamesblogosphere – to ask the question everyone knows they should be thinking.””

- Groundbreaking Games Journalist Writing “When Will There Be a Mad Men of Videogames?” Article | Hardcasual

I must say that I found this quite hilarious.

http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77853429

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:34:40 -0700

http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77853429:

Ubisoft has filed a trademark registration for Galaxy Racers.

This reminds me of the quite splendid Looney Tunes Space Race for the Dreamcast, and I think that whoever owns the rights (I guess it is a convoluted mess between the publisher Infogrames and WB) should release an HD update of that quite fine kart racer.

"Lead Character ArtistJan 2007 – April 2008 2K Games Canberra, Australia…? X-Com (Xbox..."

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:50:39 -0700

“Lead Character Artist

Jan 2007 – April 2008 2K Games Canberra, Australia…
? X-Com (Xbox 360, PC Game)”

- http://www.monsterlevel.com/resume/Shamus_Baker_Resume.pdf

"Sep. 2004 – Present - ELECTRONIC ARTS - Canada - Art Director – Concept Artist …RRX Xbox360 – Rider..."

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:45:15 -0700

“Sep. 2004 – Present - ELECTRONIC ARTS - Canada - Art Director – Concept Artist

…RRX Xbox360 – Rider Xbox360 – Ultima Reborn NDS (Unreleased) (Art Director)”

- http://www.stephanebelin.com/themes/sbe/sbelin.rtf

http://www.lacasting.com/Indie/ViewIndie.asp?crypt=diacledbcjkfhponnaogldacfjflkifklmblhlfibakjjbmjlgnpfndadlfpfndhjlpcmbnlagedjicnmejf

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:15:05 -0700

http://www.lacasting.com/Indie/ViewIndie.asp?crypt=diacledbcjkfhponnaogldacfjflkifklmblhlfibakjjbmjlgnpfndadlfpfndhjlpcmbnlagedjicnmejf:

Casting call with details about most, if not all, of the characters in LA Noire.

"Experience: Team Bondi, Sydney, Australia Sept 09 – Current Animator – L.A Noire (PS3,..."

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:34:00 -0700

“Experience: Team Bondi, Sydney, Australia
Sept 09 – Current Animator – L.A Noire (PS3, Xbox360)
Animator on Rockstar’s L.A Noire for next generation consoles assisting in:…

Eurocom Entertainment Software, Derby, United Kingdom
July 09 – Sept 09 Animator – GoldenEye 2010 (Wii)
Animator on Activision’s James Bond series for the Nintendo Wii”

- http://peckanimation.com/PDF/CraigPeck_Resume.pdf

First off, I should probably note that Eurocom did porting work on Treyarch’s Quantum of Solace game from last year.

So if the Bizarre Creations’ 2010 Bond game is another Goldeneye, does this mean that the racing game rumors are unfounded?

Also, Bond interactive license-holders, can’t be we get over this improper canonization of the massively overrated Goldeneye and focus on the actual best Bond game ever, Everything or Nothing? (Activision, your new SF studio has some integral dudes from that game, just saying.)

We already know that LA Noire is probably multiplatform, so there’s no reason to really rant about that. My apathy towards LA Noire also factors in there.

"We’re hiring another programmer into the new company, to do very interesting work with full-body..."

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:43:51 -0700

“We’re hiring another programmer into the new company, to do very interesting work with full-body motion tracking.

If interested, email me: jon@number-none.com. Please have substantial 3D game development experience and be good at what you do.”

- http://braid-game.com/news/?p=636

At first I thought Jonathan Blow was referring to motion capture, but then I noticed a recent interview where he said that “The Witness may use these [motion] controllers but only in a relatively simple way.” Hmm…

"What if EA had an internal start up? The BAFTA-winning Boom Blox team is an agile, closely-knit..."

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:45:00 -0700

“What if EA had an internal start up? The BAFTA-winning Boom Blox team is an agile, closely-knit group which answers questions by prototyping before building design documents.…

Our last two titles were Wii-based, but our next titles will be for the next generation.”

- http://jobs.gamasutra.com/jobseekerx/viewjobrss.asp?cjid=19921&accountno=76963

So I guess that EALA PS3 motion/Natal game is the next entry in the Boom Blox franchise. Though, given Spielberg’s excitement for Natal, it wouldn’t surprise me if LMNO/Eve was also waggletastic.

http://www.sekzone.com/Sekzone_Resume.htm Going to guess that...

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:22:48 -0700

http://www.sekzone.com/Sekzone_Resume.htm

Going to guess that second-party is SCEA.

"Zindagi Games is located in Camarillo, California… just 9 miles from the ocean- midway between..."

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:10:00 -0700

“Zindagi Games is located in Camarillo, California… just 9 miles from the ocean- midway between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. We are a 2nd party studio working on cutting edge AAA titles for a major publisher…”

- http://jobs.gamasutra.com/jobseekerx/viewjobrss.asp?cjid=19969&accountno=77209

Wikipedia says the studio’s was founded by a group of ex-Kush Games/2K LA (MLB and NHL 2K series up until 2K8) people.