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    Small Developers: Minimizing Risks in Large Productions - Part I "Experienced game developer and manager Troy Dunniway, a veteran of studios like Microsoft, EA, Insomniac, and Ubisoft, discusses some of the major risks involved in transitioning from a small to large development team and how to identify and avoid them." Valve's Writers And The Creative Process "In a rare interview, Valve writing linchpins Marc Laidlaw and Eric Wolpaw talk in-depth on the narrative structure and pithy quips behind critically feted games like Half-Life 2, Portal, and Left 4 Dead 2." Full Article at GameSetWatch
    Experienced game developer and manager Troy Dunniway, a veteran of studios like Microsoft, EA, Insomniac, and Ubisoft, discusses some of the major risks involved in transitioning from a small to large development team and how to identify and avoid them.
    SOURCE: GameSetWatch 3 weeks ago
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  1. In a rare interview, Valve writing linchpins Marc Laidlaw and Eric Wolpaw talk in-depth on the narrative structure and pithy quips behind critically feted games like Half-Life 2, Portal, and Left 4 Dead 2.
    SOURCE: GameSetWatch 3 weeks ago
  2. Zynga's business development VP Hugh de Loayza talks in detail to Gamasutra about not just what makes social games successful, but why developers like Brian Reynolds, who left Big Huge Games for Zynga, are attracted to the social games space -- besides the potential profits.
    SOURCE: GameSetWatch 3 weeks ago
  3. Gamasutra sits down with Joel Emslie, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's lead character artist, to discuss the processes by which the most respected name in war games gets its considerable visual punch.
    SOURCE: GameSetWatch 3 weeks ago
  4. In each Games Demystified column, developer Jeremy Alessi unpacks the technique behind a game's signature gameplay -- complete with a demo -- and this time, he's be covering the Tony Hawk-esque rail grinding of Dissidia: Final Fantasy.
    SOURCE: GameSetWatch 3 weeks ago

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