Videogame Visionary - Game industry, game studies, game culture. Making sense of it all. http://www.vgvisionary.com Videogame Visionary is an initiative to shed more light on the true visionaries from the video game industry, video game related research and the general gaming scene. Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:07:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 First update in three months – Its about time http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=527 http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=527#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:08:22 +0000 Vlad http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=527 Especially since a hell of a lot happened in that period of time! This summer was all work and almost no play for little old me, but I came out quite victorious! A couple of new jobs and a trip to GamesCom Cologne filled with assignments kept me busy for quite a while. As for GamesCom, you can check out my pictures on the VGV Flickr gallery, right here.

My charicature

Haven’t had a chance to write up a lot of stories from GamesCom yet, but be sure to check out Bashers.nl for a couple of them soon! The above comic version of me was drawn by the art director of Fairy Tale fights. One of the best interviews I had at the show.

no tags]]> http://www.vgvisionary.com/?feed=rss2&p=527 0 E3 2009 Roundup: Unforgetable memories http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=512 http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=512#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:31:06 +0000 Vlad http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=512 e3-d4_20090604_6865aa

Words can’t explain the joy of experiencing the new and improved E3. No stress, big delays or messed up appointments could ruin the magic of having the perfect balance between the classic E3 pizazz and the orderly calmness of a well-organized press event. Here’s a quick round-up of our adventures:

Bashers.nl (all in Dutch – Will be translated in English soon!)

Button Vlads dagboek: E3 2009 deel 3, het laatste bericht

Button E3 2009: de nieuwe Left 4 Dead speelt zich af in New Orleans

Button Gaarheid op de E3, deel 2: Ubisoft bedankt!

Button E3 2009: een introductie in de wondere wereld van Ratchet & Clank

Button E3 2009: EyePet is lief, dat is alles

Button E3 2009: de preview van de preview van actie-RPG Warhammer 40K: Space Marine

Button Beeld: meer ’sociologisch onderzoek’ op de E3

Button Beeld: booth babes are back

Button Beeld: een rondleiding bij animatiestudio Titmouse

Button E3 2009: het grote Bethesda booth tour action game extravaganza

Button Vlads dagboek: E3 2009 deel 2, party hardy!

Button Gaarheid op de E3: snacks en fitness

Button E3 2009: meer onderlinge discussie dan actie in nieuwe Army of Two

Button E3 2009: Aliens vs. Predator lijkt iets té oldskool

Button E3 2009: hakken en knallen op de catwalk, de stijl van Platinums Bayonetta

Button Beeld: vragen aan James Cameron? Dan moet je op het damestoilet zijn

Button Beeld: de mysterieuze sculptuur voor het LACC

Button Vlads dagboek: E3 2009 deel 1, blast off!

Be sure to also check out Jonathan’s E3 Photo coverage, right here!

no tags]]> http://www.vgvisionary.com/?feed=rss2&p=512 0 Down at E3 2009 – Old glory revived? http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=501 http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=501#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:55:09 +0000 Vlad http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=501 Token celebrities, hot game announcements and hip new trends during today’s first press conferences launched the E3 vibe into everyone there. There clearly is a lot more tension in the air though. It will never be the E3 people used to know and love, but it looks like some parts have come back: high budget shenanigans, pr people stressing out and much more celebrity involvement. You can find all my coverage about the next step in E3’s evolution on Bashers.nl.

E3 vlad micu

One way or another, the next couple of days promise to be a blast! Check out my good buddy Jon’s pictures of today on his Flickr account, right here.

no tags]]> http://www.vgvisionary.com/?feed=rss2&p=501 0 GDC 2009 Roundup: Wearing different hats http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=490 http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=490#comments Sun, 03 May 2009 12:24:43 +0000 Vlad http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=490 gdc vlad micu

This year’s Game Developer’s Conference was one big rush. Pulse got pitched, I did on-site coverage for Bashers and even got interviewed myself. Here’s a quick round-up of what happened:

Bashers.nl (all in Dutch)
Button Post-GDC: Gregg Sauter van Nokia over N-Gage
Button Post-GDC: Matthijs Dierckx Kuijper van Control
Button Post-GDC: op de koffie bij de Screen Actors Guild
Button GDC: tweehandig gamen op je mobiel, interview met Glenn J. Kiladis van Zeemote’
Button GDC: wie wil er werk?
Button GDC: Media Molecule haalt kwartetje Game Developer Choice Awards binnen
Button GDC: de VPRO komt ook even filmen
Button GDC-dagboek: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3

Pulsethegame.com (English)
Button Pulse demo ships to publishers
Button BoingBoing.net interviews Vlad on Global Game Jam, Pulse and GDC
Button Pulse demo playable on the GDC Expo
Button Pulse on Paper – On the back of Control Magazine! Other flyers too
Button Pitchin’ Pulse – Hanging with Harmonix
Button Pulse mentioned multiple times during IGDA Global Game Jam presentation

Pictures of the GDC can be found on the VGV Flickr account, here as usual.

no tags]]> http://www.vgvisionary.com/?feed=rss2&p=490 0 BoingBoing.net interviews me on Global Game Jam, Pulse and GDC http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=460 http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=460#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:05:08 +0000 Vlad http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=460 BoingBoing.net invited me over to their studio in San Francisco today. I had a great time meeting their team and discussing the Global Game Jam, Pulse and the Game Developer’s Conference with their host Matt Kirsch.

The clip includes an interviews with me, artist Marque Cornblatt, Phil Fish from Fez and BB Offworld’s Brandon Boyer.

Big thanks to BoingBoing.net for closely supporting initiatives like the Global Game Jam and for having me. Be sure to also check out their coverage of the GDC!

no tags]]> http://www.vgvisionary.com/?feed=rss2&p=460 0 GDC 09: Posting on the Pulse DevBlog http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=452 http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=452#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:13:10 +0000 Vlad http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=452 Check out the Pulse DevBlog for the most recent news on how Virtual Fairground is doing on pitching Pulse at the Game Developers Conference.
devblog

no tags]]> http://www.vgvisionary.com/?feed=rss2&p=452 0 Packing some Pulse @ Game Developer’s Conference http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=444 http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=444#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:51:41 +0000 Vlad http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=444 Be sure to check out my GDC coverage over at Bashers.nl ! I’ll be blogging about my conference adventures starting early next week.

Here’s some gameplay footage of the Global Game Jam prototype, in case you haven’t had the chance to check it out yet.

no tags]]> http://www.vgvisionary.com/?feed=rss2&p=444 0 34 Days later. Pulse gets a development deal! http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=439 http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=439#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:48:31 +0000 Vlad http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=439 Our Global Game Jam music game ‘Pulse‘ just got a development deal with Virtual Fairground! We’ll be showcasing a revamped demo during the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco!

Pulse

Download and share the prototype at PulseTheGame.com

The press release is over here

no tags]]> http://www.vgvisionary.com/?feed=rss2&p=439 0 24 Hours later. Pulse gets its first attention http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=431 http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=431#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:34:52 +0000 Vlad http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=431 As much as I love posting stuff in trio’s, here’s the two posts I found about our game:
Button Control Magazine chose our art was the best for their post

Button IndependentlySpeaking.com thought we trained their senses

Update: Button Gamer.nl quotes Pulse as a ‘favorite’

Pulse game global gamejam

So here’s the game if you want to try it out. Please don’t forget to vote 5 on the Global Gamejam Website :D ! Thx!

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ]]> http://www.vgvisionary.com/?feed=rss2&p=431 0 We won the Dutch Global GameJam with our game ‘Pulse’ http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=424 http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=424#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:57:08 +0000 Vlad http://www.vgvisionary.com/?p=424 The circle is complete. My dream has come true. After organizing game events, doing research on the game industry and writing for game magazines, I’ve finally got to work on a game! My team was an awesome bunch of creative folk to work with, so I guess that worked out quite well. Ladies and gentlemen, this is ‘Pulse‘:

Pulse game global game jam

And guess what, we won! Our rhythmic co-op music game won the popular vote. Stay tuned for a playable version!

Next personal goal: voice-acting!

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