The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Ring Theory

Being a giant, beloved video game site has its downsides. For example, we sometimes neglect to give independent developers our coverage love (or loverage, if you will) as we get caught up in AAA, AAAA or the rare quintuple-A titles. To remedy that, we're giving indies the chance to create their own loverage and sell you, the fans, on their studios and products. This week we talk with Glen DeBiasa and Matt Laverty of 4 Score Games about their unconventional match 3 game, Ring Theory.


How did you or your company get started in development?

Glen: I've been making computer games since I learned to program. In the beginning, it was just copying code out of a book on to a TRS-80. In college, my freshman computer professor held a contest for us to create any kind of program we wanted: I... (Continue Reading...)

EA not bowing to 'political harassment' over LGBT inclusion in games

EA's executives, board of directors and creative leads have been inundated with "several thousand" letters protesting the inclusion of same-sex relationships in BioWare titles, reports GamesIndustry International. In addition to threatening a boycott of EA titles, most of the letters received allege that EA was pressured into including non-heterosexual relationship options in its games by LGBT groups, with the expressed purpose of exposing children to LGBT ideas.

"Every one of EA's games includes ESRB content descriptors so it's hard to believe anyone is surprised by the content. This isn't about protecting children, it's about political harassment," VP of corporate communications Jeff Brown said in a statement to GamesIndustry.

The letter-writing campaign is believed to be the work of the Florida Family... (Continue Reading...)


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