The Revolving Door of Game Development
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FYCAdmin
Posted February 28th, 2010 at 8:59 pm
For those of you interested in getting into the game industry, I have some good and bad news: The good news is that positions are opening up left and right. The bad news is that they're going to be filled by someone more qualified than you, sorry.
According to Develop's Salary Survey, nearly 30% of industry workers will be changing jobs in 2010. If you look 2-3 years into the future, over 70% of employees will have changed jobs at least once.
Why the shakeup? The biggest reasons are that emplo...
Civilization V Announced
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FYCAdmin
Posted February 25th, 2010 at 11:24 pm
Firaxis Games recently announced the upcoming release of Sid Meier's Civilization V. Talk about exciting I grew up playing Civilization and have played every single version since, along with (almost) all of the Expansions packs available.
Based on this trailer it's time to begin a PC upgrade again...
Stay tuned we will bring you more info as we get it. In the meantime check out the official Civ V site.
Coming Fall 2010...
XSEED Games: Lunar: Silver Star Harmony Goes Gold
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FYCAdmin
Posted February 25th, 2010 at 7:52 pm
The classic RPG Lunar: Silver Star Harmony has been reborn on the PSP and is coming to a retail outlet near you on March 2, 2010.
Game Trailer:
Following the epic journey of a young boy whose adventures to become the Dragonmaster eventually set him on a path to save the world of Lunar. With all new graphics, added gameplay features, and a re-mastered soundtrack, this re-imagined entry welcomes a new audience to the unforgettable series, with added story elements sure to intrigue returning fa...
CONTEST: Lunch with Link
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FYCAdmin
Posted February 25th, 2010 at 7:16 pm
After spending some time cleaning out the FeedYourConsole Closet I stumbled across this Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess Lunch box, with Wii Mote covers... Still in the original package.
In the interest of making room for some new toys we are giving this away.
What you get:
A - 1 Zelda branded Game Wallet - Game not included
B - 2 Wii Mote/Nanchuck Gloves - Wii motes/Nanchucks not included
C - 1 Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess Tin Lunch Box - Lunch not included
Here's how you can...
SemiSolidMedia RockBand Jam Session
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FYCAdmin
Posted February 23rd, 2010 at 8:45 pm
SemiSolidMedia is at is again and RockBand Jam Session Live is coming back... Since March 2008 Rockie Raccoons has been hosting this melding of karaoke and the world's most popular music video game.
Track listings are passed around. Request slips are filled-out. Beer is consumed. And when your name is called you and your friends take the stage to rock out on guitar, bass, drums and vocals in front of way more people that you could ever cram into your living room.
All equipment is provided. Th...
The Bobby Kotick You Don't Know
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FYCAdmin
Posted February 18th, 2010 at 9:11 pm
The gaming internet loves having a good target to funnel its hate and Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision has been at the barrel of the gun for some time. Kotick has taken the chance to speak about himself and Activision in his DICE 2010 keynote and he showed us his geeky gamer inside that has been locked away in the cold shell of a very expensive suit for years. Please take this with a grain of salt as it is coming from the man himself, but you should know that his gaming cred runs deep.
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Girl Gamers – Be nice to them
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FYCAdmin
Posted February 18th, 2010 at 10:40 am
I was playing my usual weekly friends only game of left 4 dead over the weekend and realized that about half of my friends list now consist of female gamers. While we waited for some of our friends to show up, we got to talking about games, the things they like what some of the reactions to them have been. Guys - I have to admit that I'm rather ashamed of many of you.
The times surely have changed. I have female friends on my XBL list that play everything from the most simple of casual games ...
