We would like to invite our friends at dS| to a scrim the 27th Dec. please feel free a have a good time with us from Whosgaming.

What are its boundaries, its symptoms, its treatments? How wide is its scope? And is it even a medically recognised condition in the first place? Read more at Gamespot

by Brandon Boyer

In a statement on its website, organizers of the the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) have announced that effective immediately all operations have been ceased and all events currently scheduled for 2008 have been canceled. Read more at Gamasutra

Intelligent Mistakes: How to Incorporate Stupidity Into Your AI Code

by Mick West

[Neversoft co-founder West presents a thought-provoking look at improving the believability of AI opponents in games by upping their use of "intelligent mistakes", in a piece originally written for Game Developer magazine.]

Read more at gamasutra

Check out the wear on this Logitech optical mouse. I'm not sure how long I've had it, perhaps 5 or 6 years. It's seen plenty of ET though and gone through a few computers too.


See the black dot on the top left above the label? That's the only pad of 4 left on it. the rest were polished off on a redhat mousepad...Fraggin and being fragged.

By Tim Hong Gamasutra

December 2 2008

[How can you measure player reaction to games? Using games from Half-Life 2 through Gears Of War, this Gamasutra article, originally published in Game Developer magazine, shows how tech company Emsense uses brainwaves, heart activity, and even blinking to estimate engagement. Read more here at www.gamasutra.com

Written by bds

SIFO (a major Swedish survey company) has conducted a gaming survey right before the launch of Dreamhack Winter.