The State of the Game – Mark Angeli

Sep 4, 2001 | Games

Why the Australian Computer game industry should avoid following the film industry’s lead. At all costs. 1. Look Ma, It’s a New Art! Film and games, why compare the two at all? Obviously they’re both visual mediums that use primarily linear...

Living a Half-Life? – Murray Lorden

May 4, 2001 | Games

Andrew Britton thinks entertainment is all about escaping from real life, but playing a game like Half-Life doesn’t mean just ‘tuning out’. In reality, you quickly get used to the fact that there are physical and social limitations that have a very...

Project IGI: I’m Going In – review by Jim Batt

Mar 8, 2001 | Games

The tagline for Project IGI is ‘Think your way in, shoot your way out!’ but how well does it really live up to this promised gameplay? Does Project IGI have anything to make it stand out from the plethora of other ‘realistic’ first person...

Interview with Paul McInnes – Interview by Jim Batt

Mar 8, 2001 | Digital Media/Internet, Games

Jim had the privilege of interviewing Paul McInnes at the 2001 Australian Game Developers Conference, on a variety of topics including his previous academic study as well as his current work on Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs). Paul McInnes is lead game...