Culture Should Gaming Addiction Be an Official Disorder? ToddMitchell, January 3, 2018July 11, 2024 The latest draft of the World Health Organization’s International Compendium of Diseases (ICD) contains verbiage that would officially place gaming addiction next to gambling and alcoholism as a potential diagnosis for dependent gamers. Continue Reading
Culture Wichita Swatting: Who’s to Blame? ToddMitchell, January 2, 2018July 11, 2024 As the Wichita swatting details emerge, the community grapples with determining responsibility for this tragedy. The 911 caller has been taken into custody, but many questions remain. Continue Reading
Culture Swatting Turns Fatal in Call of Duty Dispute ToddMitchell, January 1, 2018July 11, 2024 On this week’s #GameDev Breakdown podcast, we discussed everything we know about the Wichita swatting that claimed a man’s life. This is the most bizarre and tragic story attached to gaming in recent history. The topic matter may be disturbing to some listeners. Continue Reading
Culture Gaming’s Darkest Hour ToddMitchell, January 1, 2018July 11, 2024 Heinous acts by three strangers leave a fourth man dead in the most bizarre and tragic swatting incident to date. We discuss the information available as of recording, as well as the World Health Organization’s likelihood of classifying gaming as a potential addiction disorder. Continue Reading
Game Development #GameDev Breakdown podcast – Looty Christmas ToddMitchell, December 29, 2017July 10, 2024 In our inaugural holiday show: Apple admits they’re slowing down your phone, they also led the charge in requiring transparency in the loot box process. StoryBundle has great books for gamers and devs on Christmas break, Steam has probably already pried your wallet open for the Winter Sale, and we… Continue Reading
Humor Absurd Christmas Game Design ToddMitchell, December 28, 2017July 10, 2024 Initially, we planned to make a Christmas game for the site. Nothing elaborate, we just wanted to put together something for friends and site visitors to toy with, so we could say happy holidays in our own special way. Turns out it was a lot easier to just say it… Continue Reading
Game Development Good Apple: Leading the Charge in Loot Box Transparency ToddMitchell, December 27, 2017July 10, 2024 If you saw our previous weekly podcast segment taking Apple to task for slowing down older phones, you’ll understand why we say it’s only fair to heap praise on them for their recent iOS developer policy updates, first heard through Polygon. Continue Reading
Game Development Looty Christmas ToddMitchell, December 25, 2017July 10, 2024 The guys convene for a very special Christmas cast to discuss very good and very bad developments from Apple, best entertainment deals for gamers and devs over the holiday break, and we try our hand at designing a couple of Christmas games on the fly. Happy holidays! Continue Reading
Game Development Passion Projects ToddMitchell, December 11, 2017July 10, 2024 Todd went on vacation and kinda got stabbed upon returning home, a listener shares some less-than-constructive criticism, and we go in depth on smart planning during game design as well as the dangers of getting too weird with it. Continue Reading
Culture Alarmism and Governing Game Development ToddMitchell, November 27, 2017July 11, 2024 A US state representative targets game publishers and developers, Todd and John take a look at the possible outcomes of government intervention in monetization strategies for games, and we try to make sense of the source of all political gaming strife: Twitter. Continue Reading