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Basement Gamedev Podcast: 13 Eric Ruth Games

Gabriel Pendleton — Tue, 28 May 2013 04:00:22 +0000

Tronster (Firaxis Games & Geek House Games) and Brett Doerle (Wargaming.net) are joined by their guest Eric Ruth of “Eric Ruth Games” to talk about this one-man studio’s latest project: “Hauntlings”, and how he got to where he is today with over 30 titles under his belt. Eric is running an IndieGogo crowd-sourcing fundraiser, that [...]

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Teddy Faley Creator of Mario Deep Interviews with BaltimoreGamer

Nathan Avant — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:00:27 +0000

Teddy Faley has been a fixture of the Baltimore hip-hop scene since 2005, making his own unique brand of raw, personal hip-hop on albums like 2009’s Apple Juice and the recently released single Ps and Qs. In February he released Mario Deep – an EP of five of 90s hardcore rap group Mobb Deep’s songs [...]

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First Impressions: Baltimore Bar Arcade Grand Opening

Gabriel Pendleton — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:53:53 +0000

We geeks of Baltimore have been waiting a very long time for a Barcade . The community here is strong, and for better or worse we can be very critical of everything in our geek-ish world. Last night, I had the opportunity to attend the new Baltimore Barcade Grand Opening event in Canton . What I thought was [...]

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Firaxis and Zenimax Among Speakers Who Will Present at UMBC’S Digital Entertainment Conference

Gabriel Pendleton — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:39:20 +0000

Every year, the UMBC Game Developers Club organizes a Digital Entertainment Conference (DEC) with a day of games industry veterans speaking on a variety of topics. This year’s is on Saturday, April 27th, starting at 10am in the Engineering Building lecture hall on the UMBC campus. The DEC is free, open to anyone, and features speakers [...]

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Interview with Eric Yockey of Unit-e Technologies

Kendra Jordan — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:47:25 +0000

With the new wave of technology, sole proprietorship and self-employment, they have become the new way of the world. Young entrepreneurs are hungry for opportunities to grow their businesses and do what they love as a career. BaltimoreGamer had the opportunity to sit down with entrepreneur and founder of Unit-e Technologies’, Eric Yockey. In our conversation [...]

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Gamescape 2013: Now Accepting Indie Game Submissions

Rex Anderson — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:00:47 +0000

Artscape, for the uninitiated, is America’s largest free arts festival, with over 350,000 attendees over a period of three days. There are artists, bands, the BSO, street performers, and much more. As one might suspect, it’s exceedingly rad and a huge financial boon for Baltimore’s cultural sector. For the third year in a row, they’re [...]

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Basement Gamedev Podcast: 12 Board Card Dice Inspirations

Gabriel Pendleton — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:35:43 +0000

Tronster, Brett Doerle, and guest Tim Talley talk about the realm of board, card, and dice games and how they related to inspiring video game development. Support the Basement Gamedev Podcast by purchasing needed items from the “wish list”. Theme music “The Massacre” by FantomenK. Views expressed by hosts and guests are solely of the [...]

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Gaming on a Budget With Your Public Library

Nathan Avant — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:01:36 +0000

It’s never been a better time to be a gamer. With four major consoles and a fifth on the way, and literally hundreds of great games released in the current console generation (thousands if you include PC games), its never been easier to find an amazing gaming experience. Tracking down all the games that we [...]

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BaltimoreGamer Interviews Chris Klimas of Twofold Secret

Nathan Avant — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:34:36 +0000

Baltimore indie game developer Twofold Secret recently released a demo for their currently in-development game Camp Keepalive. Inspired by cheesy 80s horror movies and old school strategy games, Camp Keeplalive is a turn based strategy game where you play as a rag-tag team of camp councilors tasked with keeping their hapless campers safe from rampaging [...]

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Zynga Baltimore Closes Its Doors as Three Other Offices Consolidate

Rex Anderson — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:05:47 +0000

Zynga, the “social” “game” company famous for spam so relentless it forced Facebook to change its privacy policies, has closed its Baltimore office in an effort to “drive long term profitability”. Offices in Texas and New York are being merged together as employees are relocated. This is likely a reaction to the company’s amended deal [...]

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