LittleBigPlanet level design issues

I don’t have any pictures, but maybe I’ll get some later. My concept for my latest LittleBigPlanet level was simple — a large mazework of iron girders, which you’d run through at high speed for awhile and then have to solve cute puzzles to proceed. The problem comes with the complexity meter. This is a … Read more

Will Jumpgate Evolution be the best tested MMO ever made?

Kyle over at Massively reports that Jumpgate: Evolution has passed 150,000 beta signups. Wow. That’s impressive. With 150,000 testers going through every inch of the game, looking for bugs and reporting them, stress testing everything, seeing that the economy is functional, that all the art assets are working correctly, this game is guaranteed to rock. … Read more

WoW: The Azeroth Stimulus Package

If eBay closed tomorrow, thousands of small businesses that use the auction site for their virtual storefronts would be devastated. eBay has long since stopped being primarily the world’s biggest yard sale, and now funnels an amazing number of gray market and handmade goods all over the world. Similarly, as the nation’s game of record, … Read more