Here is one of those once-every-several-months (or years) occasions where I talk about a game that the company I work for released. (I didn't work on this one, but one I'm working on should be out in a couple of months) Here's the promo video:

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To commemorate the occasion, we're giving away an iPad Mini. To enter to win, share the video via the ( Read more... )

A game that my co-workers worked on was released a couple of weeks ago. I don't think that many of you own a Kinect, but I wanted to mention it anyway... Motion Explosion.

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123Kinect gave it a 6/10, but the description was pretty favourable. The author says it would have been 7 or 8 if there were (simultaneous) multiplayer and LIVE features. ( Read more... )

Our latest game has been announced by Atari... The UnderGarden. (I worked on level editor improvements for it)
Also one of the first games the company did was recently mentioned in the "Top 10 Canadian video games". (#2... but #9 when clicking on the numbers ( Read more... )

I'm not on this project, but one of our new games has been announced...

Naval Assault: The Killing Tide (Xbox 360)

Edit: Deadline for feedback has been moved to Jan.11th.

Videogame testers/feedback wanted

Working at a videogame company, I'm sometimes asked if we need testers. Usually the answer is no. This time it's yes. We'd like to get the results before Jan.4th if possible. (Unpaid position, sorry. ^_^;)

We're looking for feedback on Dragon's Hoard. ( Read more... )

Email: [blah blah blah about "EmptyGame", our framework for new projects]

Reply #1: Isn't EmptyGame going into beta next week??!

Reply #2: Nah, publisher turned it down. Too similar to existing products.

Reply #3: Yeah. I hear the gameplay is too similar to Assassin's Creed.

I know April Fools Day is over, but I played a prank at work today ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a rough day... get up late then go to the office Christmas party. This year we went curling, which is not the best of sports, but at least you can have conversations during the game. I was the lead, so since there was never much for me to hit, my turns usually consisted of overshooting and undershooting the mark. After my team lost ( Read more... )

For my own reference, at the very least, here is my current ludography.
(it's like a discography, but for games)

Ludography (games I've worked on)
1999:
Monopoly (PC)
- Code for online chat and item/money trading interface.

2000:
Jeopardy! 2nd Edition (PS1)
- Game and interface code.

2001, 2002None released ( Read more... )