John Scott Tynes: Transubstantiating the aether since 1995
This is the final installment in Massively’s journey through my MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea. It’s a very nice wrapup that highlights the strengths of the experience: a real economy with regional trade, a dynamic world with territory that changes hands regularly, player town governance with real powers and responsibilities, and very deep and rewarding naval combat. I still think Pirates is a real triumph of advance
Choose My Adventure: Sailing to port | Massively
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I’m sure someone is very proud of this trailer but all I could think was, are we never going to get past the aesthetic established by the movie Seven? The opening credits for that film had the same impact on horror/thrillers that H.R. Giger and Blade Runner each had on horror/SF.
My two favorite moments from our E3 keynote: describing Ultimate Fighting Championship as a “thought leader” and Ice T announcing he’s reforming Body Count to record a new song inspired by Gears of War’s Horde Mode. Comedy gold!
Want to see what the Xbox dashboard will look like this fall? Controller, remote, voice, gesture, we’ll do it all, plus Bing voice search to find all related games and media for whatever you want. It’s pretty sweet.
Does the New Xbox 360 Dashboard Look Familiar to You?
This fall the Xbox 360 gets a sexy new dashboard update, giving the service a look and feel that should be incredibly familiar to both Windows Phone 7 owners and folks that have gotten a peek at Windows 8.
Today I presented my four-page crazy-pants blue-sky system design that could form the core gameplay of a new product. The dev lead responded, “Fundamentally, this is buildable.” Experience FTW.
Still can’t really talk about this one yet but the teaser site is live. This is an Xbox LIVE Arcade game I incubated here at Microsoft with Mitch and Ray. We handed it off to Certain Affinity in Austin, Texas, to actually build it. I haven’t been involved with this game for quite a while now but I’ve loved seeing it come together.
I’m the featured guest on this podcast from the new publisher of The Unspeakable Oath. Learn the senses-shattering secret origin of Pagan Publishing and much more!
Unspeakable! Episode 1 – John Scott Tynes | The Unspeakable Oath
We're proud to present the first episode of Unspeakable!, the monthly podcast of The Unspeakable Oath. Unspeakable! is hosted by Oath editor Shane Ivey…
We’re looking for a senior game designer in our Sports Entertainment group. Love sports? Got 10+ years’ experience as a game designer? We want you!
(Note: I don’t work in the Sports Entertainment group. Just passing this on.)
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Texas Heat is down tonight due to an error and I haz the sads. Cheered up by beating three Pro Takedowns instead.
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Kinect Me, Fusion: Genesis, Crimson Alliance rated in Australia
Three unannounced Microsoft titles are rated down under by national classification board–is an E3 reveal in the offing?