J.A. Laraque – Page 106 – Obsolete Gamer

The Interview: Ned Coker: CCP

Being able to share a common “language” is amazing—considering that we all pretty much grew up loving games of all sorts. From actual playtesting to Halo 2 conference room trash talking to some long standing pen and paper games, it’s refreshing and well, comforting to feel like nearly everyone here is a brother by another mother or a sister by a different mister. Do we all agree that Star Control 2 had one of the greatest multiplayer components of any game ever? No, but not everyone here shares my vision.

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Wes Paugh: Fusion Reactions

Everything about Perfect Dark felt streamlined and polished, with enough to do to keep me satisfied no matter what experience I craved. Throw in a phenomenal multiplayer and it’s a formula that has kept me coming back for a decade, especially with its recent XBLA rebirth.

The Interview: Judd Saul

To be a pro gamer takes a lot of tenacity and risk. Like any sport, if you want to be the best and actually get paid to be a pro gamer, you have to practice, and you have to sacrifice. And most people including friends and family will ridicule you for trying. The best gamers have overcome adversity to get to where they are. But at the same time, most of them lack business sense and get into contracts they should have never signed.

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Robert Muresan: Exosyphen studios

“I don’t try to make better games than the ones that exists. I come up with new game types that have never been created and played. Then I try to make them better than the first time”

The Interview: Arthur Lewis

Last year, we launched Alienware into China for the first time. We had over 400 media show up!! Every question I got was around “why did it take you guys so long.” To see the reach our Brand has, and to see how it’s valued in all of the different parts of the world where we didn’t even know people knew us is both amazing and humbling.

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Michael Austin: Hidden Path Entertainment

It’s my favourite quote because I think it sums up why it is I wanted to be in the game industry in the first place. I loved fantasy books as a kid, and creating video games is the closest to true magic that I think you can get- creating worlds where anything is possible, and where not only can you tell stories but you can help people create stories about themselves.

Commercial Wars: War of the Sword and Shield

Time to vote which classic commercial captured the theme of the sword and the shield

Good Ol Games: Half off Adventure titles

Feel like diving into some adventure games? Good Ol Games is having a sale on a bunch of titles starting at $2.99…

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Carlos Eduardo Murrer Gomes: CEMG Apps

When I was a kid my father worked developing games for ATARI in Brasil and we had almost all ATARI Games. I started playing Kaboom! for Atari when I was 3 years old, we had also a different joystick for it and this was the game I loved to play when I was a kid, maybe the first video game I’ve played in my life”

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Daniel Boutros: Adept Games

The first game where I felt the dialogue was written by people with a mental age much older than 14.

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James Whitehead: Boss Baddie

No game has inspired me as much as this one. Most of my inspiration comes from sound and music, and as a 7 year old when I found this rummaging through my parents bedroom, it blew my mind when I first played it.

Ten Questions with Aaron Hunter of Playtechtonics

I started games as a kid with an Apple 2e computer. I began learning programming languages before high school and kept up with it as a personal hobby since then. I’ve worked for a number of large game developers including Microsoft, Acclaim, and others.

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Martin Cirulis: Kerberos Productions

Quick, dirty, elegant, funny and straight to the point. Distilled essence of 4X with Cowboy speech events AND multiplayer network support LONG before that was cool.

What is your favorite Puzzle Game?

I love puzzle games, they are so memorizing! Some of my favorites are Tetris (PC), Peggle (PC) and Hexic (Xbox) and if it’s referred to as a puzzle game – The Last guy (on PS3), others that require more brain power I love are: BrainAge and Rhythm Heaven (on the DS). Not only are these games addictive, but I love the catchy theme music of Hexic, The Last guy and who wouldn’t love to be cheered on after winning a level with Peggle? (Love rainbows, unicorns and fireworks!)

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Rob Hewson : Dark Energy Digital

Micro Machines is one of those rare games which feels as fun today as it ever was – the simplicity of the concept and the top down visuals mean it really hasn’t aged in the way something like Goldeneye has, and it’s still an awesome party game.

Games to Buy: Dec 7th 2010

Thanks to the Wii, brining you wastes of time since 2006, you can now Yoga your way to the backwards sun pretzel position in just a few short weeks. This hot new program will teach you how to get your mind and body in sync preparing you for long nights of passion. Keggle’s add-on pack not included.

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Ben Bradley: Ben Bradley

This was a blend of real time strategy and first person shooters – it took the two most popular genres on the PC at the time and combined them in their entirety. Add to that an amazing outdoor graphics engine and a story which was so clever I almost believed in it myself.