Archive for September, 2006

Sep 15 2006

Chris Crawford and Storytron

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The latest issue of Dr. Dobb’s Journal arrived today, and contained an interview by Michael Swaine with game design legend Chris Crawford on the subject of his new venture. You can find the piece online at DDJ.com. If games and game design interest you, I advise reading the interview before continuing. I have admired Mr. [...]

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Sep 15 2006

A Basic Lack of BASIC

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David Brin makes an interesting point in a recent article on Salon.com (apologies for the ‘click the banner’ hoop you have to jump through to get to the story). The author of such popular SF works as Startide Rising and The Postman is also a programmer, and he has a son who shows signs of [...]

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