Dana Dill

Been a long time...

Dana Dill — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 19:32:00 GMT

Hey all, sorry it has been awhile since my last blog. As everyone else I have been busy with the Holiday Season and the start of the new year. Many things are coming together and 2006 is looking like it is going to be a great year. In March I will be headed to the Game Developers Conference (GDC) and in May back to E3. I am looking forward to both of those events. I'll keep you posted....

Soo... are games good or bad for you?!?

Dana Dill — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 13:37:00 GMT

Point A: http://news.com.com/Video+games+linked+to+aggression%2C+study+finds/2100-1043_3-5841110.html?tag=nefd.top

Point B: http://www.canada.com/technology/story.html?id=42cff248-5a1d-4148-a9ea-5ee9adea3158

Governments regulations on MMOG's = BAD!

Dana Dill — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 14:35:00 GMT

The China government is now stepping in and limiting game play for MMOG's. I certainly understand where they are coming from and I applaude the idea of restricting time young people play BUT it sould come from the parents and not the government.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=11080

I am starting to see a trend towards government involvement in gaming and I think it is going too far.

Energy Cost reduced compliments of Intel!

Dana Dill — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:59:00 GMT

Hey, this is cool. My monthly energy cost are going down in 2006 thanks to Intel. Now I just need to figure out what to do with that extra cash!

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1851424,00.asp

XBox 360 Pricing announcement

Dana Dill — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 17:38:00 GMT

Here is a link to the pricing announcement.

http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=339668

Personally I think the pricing is ok. Yeah it is a bit steep for the premium package but overall it is fair.

Top 10 PC Games sold in June 2005

Dana Dill — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:39:00 GMT

The top 10 PC games sold for June are:

1. Battlefield 2

2. Guild Wars

3. World of Warcraft

the rest... http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=6037

XBox 360 Parental Controls -- This is a good thing!

Dana Dill — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:35:00 GMT

Parent Controls on the XBox 360. Being a parent of 3 children I view this as a welcome from Microsoft.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=10300

MMOG Subscription Stats

Dana Dill — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 12:43:00 GMT

This is a great site for up to date MMOG active subscription stats.

http://www.mmogchart.com/

Top 10 Independent games of 2004 and Mid Year 2005 report

Dana Dill — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 14:12:00 GMT

Here are the top 10 Independent games of 2004 as published by Game Tunnel and the Mid year report on 2005 games.

2004 Top 10: http://www.gametunnel.com/html/section-viewarticle-74.html

2005 Mid year list: http://www.gametunnel.com/html/section-viewarticle-119.html

Interesting Video game Study

Dana Dill — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 03:41:00 GMT

http://batonrouge.chamberinfo.org/images/videostudy.pdf

Few Game Devs = A Hit Game

Dana Dill — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 20:00:00 GMT

Well, a hit game maybe not but an award winning game. Rocketbowl was produce with a few developers and a low budget. Goes to prove the small guy can still write a game.

http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20050624/tinney_01.shtml

XBox 360 and PS3 pricing

Dana Dill — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:40:00 GMT

Here is an informative article on the pricing of the upcoming gaming consoles.

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=5817