Julian Benson @jbenson ?

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  • I can’t help but sense the writer of this post doesn’t appreciate the nuanced musical brilliance of Carly Rae Jepsen. He even spells the maestro’s name wrong.

    Where do you even find these “so-called” scribes?

    In other news, I’m always looking for work: call me, maybe?

    I can’t help but sense the writer of this post doesn’t appreciate the nuanced musical brilliance of Carly Rae Jepsen. He even spells the maestro’s name wrong.

    Where do you even find these “so-called” scribes?

    In other news, I’m always looking for work: call me, maybe?

  • ThumbnailNews: S2 Games have changed the pricing model of Heroes of Newerth, switching from a small clutch of free characters and whole host of paid-for ones to an entirely free roster. I have it on good authority that this is playing through the speakers in all the rooms of S2 Games offices: Yes, it’s true. You’ve heard [...]

    ThumbnailNews: S2 Games have changed the pricing model of Heroes of Newerth, switching from a small clutch of free characters and whole host of paid-for ones to an entirely free roster. I have it on good authority that this is playing through the speakers in all the rooms of S2 Games offices: Yes, it’s true. You’ve heard [...]

  • ThumbnailNews: Runescape has passed the 200,000,000 player mark, making it the first game to receive so many historical users. I remember Runescape. It was a weird blotchy game that sucked away one of my friends for a few months before he burned out and came out to join us in the cold hard light of day. Oh, [...]

    ThumbnailNews: Runescape has passed the 200,000,000 player mark, making it the first game to receive so many historical users. I remember Runescape. It was a weird blotchy game that sucked away one of my friends for a few months before he burned out and came out to join us in the cold hard light of day. Oh, [...]

  • ThumbnailNews: Comic book writer Daniel Way is on board to scribe the story and dialogue of the upcoming Deadpool game, the comic series is likely to sync up with the game. Don’t you just love it when a game project comes together? (As I believe the old saying goes.) See, the standard practice for making an [...]

    ThumbnailNews: Comic book writer Daniel Way is on board to scribe the story and dialogue of the upcoming Deadpool game, the comic series is likely to sync up with the game. Don’t you just love it when a game project comes together? (As I believe the old saying goes.) See, the standard practice for making an [...]

  • ThumbnailNews: The Kickstarter console has its first convert, Robert Bowling’s Robotoki have pronounced that they’re developing a title exclusively for the Ouya. The Ouya is a console with an Android operating system, don’tcha know. Finding life on Kickstarter , it’s already made five times what they were asking for originally and with 19 days left on the…[Read more]

    ThumbnailNews: The Kickstarter console has its first convert, Robert Bowling’s Robotoki have pronounced that they’re developing a title exclusively for the Ouya. The Ouya is a console with an Android operating system, don’tcha know. Finding life on Kickstarter , it’s already made five times what they were asking for originally and with 19 days left on the…[Read more]

  • ThumbnailNews: Capcom’s Vancouver based studio has fired 20 members of staff “as a result of unsuitable fit with the studio goals”.   Capcom Vancouver announced last night that it was laying off 20 members of staff, 7% of the entire studio’s workforce. The reason the studio has given is:

    Capcom Vancouver has let go 7% of our employees [...]

    ThumbnailNews: Capcom’s Vancouver based studio has fired 20 members of staff “as a result of unsuitable fit with the studio goals”.   Capcom Vancouver announced last night that it was laying off 20 members of staff, 7% of the entire studio’s workforce. The reason the studio has given is:

    Capcom Vancouver has let go 7% of our employees [...]

  • ThumbnailNews: Still heavy in development, Epic are pondering ways to deal with co-op play in Fortnite. One unfortunate option is the requirement of an always on internet connection.   Diablo 3 has had a less than smooth ride since its release. There has been server crashes (now mostly fixed), account hacks (frequency of which seem to be [...]

    ThumbnailNews: Still heavy in development, Epic are pondering ways to deal with co-op play in Fortnite. One unfortunate option is the requirement of an always on internet connection.   Diablo 3 has had a less than smooth ride since its release. There has been server crashes (now mostly fixed), account hacks (frequency of which seem to be [...]

  • ThumbnailNews: Jason Holtman talks about the game’s industry’s reaction to free-to-play and, well, every new thing ever.   Y’know I bet there was a time where someone at National Rail said “Hey, guys, I have this revolutionary idea, nothing will ever be the same again.” He then went on to detail peak time, an arbitrary period [...]

    ThumbnailNews: Jason Holtman talks about the game’s industry’s reaction to free-to-play and, well, every new thing ever.   Y’know I bet there was a time where someone at National Rail said “Hey, guys, I have this revolutionary idea, nothing will ever be the same again.” He then went on to detail peak time, an arbitrary period [...]

  • ThumbnailNews: Having received it’s 10,000 affirmative votes, a Lego set based off Valve’s Portal games is going before a commissioning body to decide whether it will go into full production. Isn’t it horrible when decisions are made by people who aren’t you? Like the people who decide when peak real time is, the body of be-suited [...]

    ThumbnailNews: Having received it’s 10,000 affirmative votes, a Lego set based off Valve’s Portal games is going before a commissioning body to decide whether it will go into full production. Isn’t it horrible when decisions are made by people who aren’t you? Like the people who decide when peak real time is, the body of be-suited [...]

  • ThumbnailNews: Valve have surreptitiously slipped something surprisingly saucy into the Steam Android app, genres of a non-gamelike nature – are Valve laying the groundwork for a fully fledged software marketplace? Okay, let’s begin with the facts before I collapse into largely unwarranted speculation.  The Verge are reporting that if you go into the…[Read more]

    ThumbnailNews: Valve have surreptitiously slipped something surprisingly saucy into the Steam Android app, genres of a non-gamelike nature – are Valve laying the groundwork for a fully fledged software marketplace? Okay, let’s begin with the facts before I collapse into largely unwarranted speculation.  The Verge are reporting that if you go into the…[Read more]

  • ThumbnailNews: Dan Pinchbeck has revealed that in the past 24 hours Dear Esther has sold over 75,000 copies raising over £130,000. Steam sales are great for us gamers, we can empty our wallets of that pesky heavy cash (I for one am almost always weighed down with gold bullion from all those publisher payoffs I receive), but we [...]

    ThumbnailNews: Dan Pinchbeck has revealed that in the past 24 hours Dear Esther has sold over 75,000 copies raising over £130,000. Steam sales are great for us gamers, we can empty our wallets of that pesky heavy cash (I for one am almost always weighed down with gold bullion from all those publisher payoffs I receive), but we [...]

  • ThumbnailNews: Valve have begun a new blog to chart the progress of their port of their gaming platform to the notoriously un-game-friendly Linux operating system. It’s been rumoured for long enough, and any Napoleon of the tech prediction industry would have placed money that as part of Valve’s ongoing mission to capture the entire virtual world it would [...]

    ThumbnailNews: Valve have begun a new blog to chart the progress of their port of their gaming platform to the notoriously un-game-friendly Linux operating system. It’s been rumoured for long enough, and any Napoleon of the tech prediction industry would have placed money that as part of Valve’s ongoing mission to capture the entire virtual world it would [...]

  • ThumbnailVideo: Leave your PGA Tour at the door, all you need for the best looking game of golf in gaming is a copy of Battlefield 3, some willing companions, an EOD bot, and a metric tonne of C4. So, you think you’ve seen all Battlefield 3 has to offer? You’re beginning to hear the call of [...]

    ThumbnailVideo: Leave your PGA Tour at the door, all you need for the best looking game of golf in gaming is a copy of Battlefield 3, some willing companions, an EOD bot, and a metric tonne of C4. So, you think you’ve seen all Battlefield 3 has to offer? You’re beginning to hear the call of [...]

  • ThumbnailNews: Assassin’s Creed 3 is set to include a 2 – 4 player co-op mode where players must race against the clock to kill their targets. Assassins, like high blood pressure, are silent killers. Taking their time to find their target, case the area, and the plot their kill. That is, unless there’s a giant clock [...]

    ThumbnailNews: Assassin’s Creed 3 is set to include a 2 – 4 player co-op mode where players must race against the clock to kill their targets. Assassins, like high blood pressure, are silent killers. Taking their time to find their target, case the area, and the plot their kill. That is, unless there’s a giant clock [...]

  • ThumbnailNews: Announced less than half an hour ago and fans are already a little upset, Codemasters are working on the cartoony F1 Race Stars. Codemasters are known for making serious F1 games, po-faced rally games, authentic shooter games, and now bubbly cartoon kart racers… Yeah, the news that Codemasters are developing F1 Race Stars – a racing game [...]

    ThumbnailNews: Announced less than half an hour ago and fans are already a little upset, Codemasters are working on the cartoony F1 Race Stars. Codemasters are known for making serious F1 games, po-faced rally games, authentic shooter games, and now bubbly cartoon kart racers… Yeah, the news that Codemasters are developing F1 Race Stars – a racing game [...]

  • ThumbnailNews: The big budget Halo 4 series Forward Unto Dawn gets a proper length trailer and surprises all by looking both big budget and Halo-like. So, here’s a thing. Halo has become one never-off-the-ground film project, one pretty good short film, and now it’s coming in the form of webisodes. (Does that mean 5 minute long episodes [...]

    ThumbnailNews: The big budget Halo 4 series Forward Unto Dawn gets a proper length trailer and surprises all by looking both big budget and Halo-like. So, here’s a thing. Halo has become one never-off-the-ground film project, one pretty good short film, and now it’s coming in the form of webisodes. (Does that mean 5 minute long episodes [...]

  • ThumbnailNews: Lead designer on Battlefield 3 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 David Goldfarb is leaving DICE for pastures new, though what will this mean for Battlefield 3?   I’m no die-hard fan but I did watch a lot of Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation when I was younger. One had the balls-first James T. [...]

    ThumbnailNews: Lead designer on Battlefield 3 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 David Goldfarb is leaving DICE for pastures new, though what will this mean for Battlefield 3?   I’m no die-hard fan but I did watch a lot of Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation when I was younger. One had the balls-first James T. [...]

  • ThumbnailWellcome Trust has announced an upcoming two-day game hack and is looking for developers to get involved. Wellcome Trust is a charity that has been both funding and collating scientific research towards the betterment of human health for most of the last century and they have now announced that they’re organising a game jam. Scientists will work [...]

    ThumbnailWellcome Trust has announced an upcoming two-day game hack and is looking for developers to get involved. Wellcome Trust is a charity that has been both funding and collating scientific research towards the betterment of human health for most of the last century and they have now announced that they’re organising a game jam. Scientists will work [...]

  • ThumbnailNews: If you played Gearbox’s first Borderlands game then you’ll be in line to unlock exclusive customisation swag in the sequel. Borderlands is a franchise with nine lives. The first was a potentially brilliant game that fell down because of the grind. Though Gearbox did well enough on it and its excellent DLC that they can get up and have [...]

    ThumbnailNews: If you played Gearbox’s first Borderlands game then you’ll be in line to unlock exclusive customisation swag in the sequel. Borderlands is a franchise with nine lives. The first was a potentially brilliant game that fell down because of the grind. Though Gearbox did well enough on it and its excellent DLC that they can get up and have [...]

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