How Peer Coaching Works

Let’s say you have a team of sales engineers. Your greatest team member, Kevin, a real star, is winning deals largely by writing dynamic proposals ... . • Peer coaching is the truest team builder of all. Most team-building efforts use non-work-related activities: ropes courses, outdoor games, bowling, or just social events. Peer coaching allows [more...]

Date: 2009-02-07 09:02:33

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Call for Speakers

We invite your participation in the third annual IGDA Leadership Forum, focused on advancing the state of the art in game production and management ... management team-building company culture and sharing ... successful games, and learn from other working professionals in the game industry. The second IGDA [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 21:08:42

Building MMOG’s for the Flash Player: Intro

We’ve started work on a huge MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game) project with a U.S. based games publisher. It’s supposed to go live after summer this year, and we’ve already got a big team working ... . As we really wanted our games to be playable by everyone on the net without installing anything [more...]

Date: 2009-02-11 09:27:25

Game Programming Intern (Orlando/Waterford)

City: Orlando We are seeking an intern game programmer for an upcoming game title designed for the iPhone. This is open to individuals attending school or college. Requirements: - Experience with Torque Game Builder. - Minimum 1 year of experience with producing games. - Ability to work in a team [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 18:10:24

Good Bonding Creates Strong Team Work

After having our practice game in San Marino subdivision, Dagupan City, we headed in Dagupan’s finest steak place locally known as pigar-pigar for a little bonding. I have noticed from my previous experiences that good bonding creates stronger team work and good [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 22:48:31

Club Penguin DS Coming to Australia & UK!

This is what billybob wrote today, I think….. Anyways, Please read take your time. Hello Penguins! ... DS Game: Elite Penguin Force… and the team’s been working really hard to get it to you. We’re very ... it in Club Penguin to unlock something special. Thanks again for being so patient while we’ve been working [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 21:17:03

Sacred 2 to get PhysX support in upcoming patch

Filed under: Downloads , Patches , RPG Ascaron 's recent fantasy action-RPG Sacred 2 has been out for about five months now but apparently the development team isn't quite ready to give up working on the game. German-based ... version adds PhysX support from Nvidia to the game. Apparently the dev team were not able [more...]

Date: 2009-03-07 02:00:00

Tonight's Watchlist

By Chris After seeing Buffalo choke away two points to the Flyers last night, ... on the Blackhawks tonight. Faceoff is at 8:30 p.m . Let's hope Pat Kane can work a miracle for his hometown team. Other games of interest include Tampa at Ottawa, which is on right now (and really isn't [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 23:25:00

Biking keeps you younger- apparently

Quote: RIDING MOTORCYCLES can help you stay young - that's the claim being made the scientists behind a new study ... , is the man behind the "Brain Training" software used in many handheld game consoles. His research team worked [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 10:50:36

Team Meltdown

(This article is a modified version of something I give to student teams that will be working together for an extended period of time.) ... Games are intensely personal processes, even if they involve a hundred people. You can’t spend ... to team meltdown. Here’s a couple moments from my memory:An art team mutiny - they didn’t show [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 14:59:16

Team Bonding Can Work Wonders

I could only imagine the reaction by some when they heard Joe Girardi had cancelled spring workouts to play billiards. What? ... to Sacramento, he took a detour with the team plane and decided to have fun, rather than beating them ... losing their fourth straight game in the 1994 season. The team was heading for a downward spiral [more...]

Date: 2009-02-23 22:00:25

Speed Read: LeBron’s Turn To Shred The Knicks

You have to give Mike D’Antoni credit for trying something innovative, even if it didn’t work out ... essentially challenges the other team’s best player to beat them by refusing to cover him under any ... what defense D’Antoni had his team running the last two games, but “none” comes to mind: a game after giving [more...]

Date: 2009-02-05 13:30:52

Little big adventure

You probably haven't heard about Little King's Story, even though it's due in just a couple of months exclusively for Wii ... the charismatic game a chance to win you over. The Japanese team working on Little King's Story ... with real-time strategy, empire building, town planning and Harvest Moon-style life simulation. Players [more...]

Date: 2009-02-26 22:53:54

Location Based Games Will Rock Your World

This article was written by Phil Black: Android enthusiast and Phandroid reader. It’s a normal day as Chandler walks down the street. BZZZZZZZZ… ... for, I just want to see what they can do! NavBall The game? 11 players each team, 2 teams total ... on your phone. Shoot the ball in the net. Building or car in the way? Work around it. You have to work [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 05:12:19

Dragon Age: Origins and Sims 3 Suffer Stiff Delays

If your strict 2009 gaming schedule absolutely required that you give Sims 3 a day-one download and light tiny people on fire until Dragon Age: ... combined with the break-through game the team is building gives us the perfect runway to create awareness ... its console cousins. "I'm really proud of our team, who are working very hard to make Dragon [more...]

Date: 2009-02-04 03:10:06

Little big adventure

You probably haven't heard about Little King's Story, even though it's due in just a couple of months exclusively for Wii ... the charismatic game a chance to win you over. The Japanese team working on Little King's Story ... with real-time strategy, empire building, town planning and Harvest Moon-style life simulation [more...]

Date: 2009-02-26 21:55:43

Fun & Games

During my week of not working at all because of the sickies and other issues, I was able to squeeze in some movie watching time, mall time, hair salon time, girls bonding time and game time. First, let me tell ... , Alec had a basketball game that went great for his team. Their coach was in an energetic/peppy mood [more...]

Date: 2009-02-09 02:43:00

QC Dodgeball: Fun, competitive pseudo-violence

Lake Norman Dodgeball isn’t the only team hoping you’ll get into the game ... at the venue’s third game of the season. “We’re working toward getting a tournament going,” said Blue Shields, Tremont’s owner. When asked if he’d be willing to face off with the Lake Norman team [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 14:19:00

Wavefront mobile developers meetup at Rude Boy Games

Thanks to Michael Fergusson and the team at Rude Boy Games for hosting last nights meetup with the team from Wavefront ... for less duplication and more working together on common issues. Things like “HR bootcamp” or a seminar [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 21:58:38

World Domination: All Games, All The Time

So it’s an understandable mistake. Despite how it looks, PCS isn’t going all GAMES content. As we’re moving about reorganizing internally, I’m working with the teams on strengthening ... with such a small staff, and hand-picking a team takes time. Bear with us. Comics are coming back strong [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 18:52:09

Vegas Knows Best Roars Back For The Big Ten Tournament

After a long absence, I've dusted off the old "Vegas"* bookmark list for some pre-game numbers. *Called "stats" on my work computer, of course ... -14 Penn State 61, Indiana 58 (the rest of Thursday's games, with notes, after the jump ... between these team played in Indiana Round One - Northwestern "@" Minnesota (-2) Previous [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 15:15:01

Down with team-building games

Count me among those who do NOT get worked up about city councils and other public bodies treating ... $3,000 on a "leadership seminar focused on team-building" at their retreat at the end of last week ... in a maze without talking to each other. To confess, I have a deep-seated prejudice against team-building [more...]

Date: 2009-03-03 20:48:22

The Rise of the Falcon

It seems appropriate to me that the Falcons are heading off to Phoenix to play the first game in their most improbable playoff run ... (?). Top head coaching prospects such as Bill Parcells and Jason Garrett shunned the team, and anarchy ... about this team was, to make it work and win, it would take time. First things first, Arthur Blank needed a GM [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 08:29:25

Guilty Gear Creators Talk Shop

BlazBlue, the company's latest ... game development. Christian Nutt of Gamasutra has a five-pager with a handful of developers from Arc System Works. They cover the state of the fighting game genre, the team's own personal philosophy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 19:00:00

A Milton Bradley Controversy Already? - Cubs vs. Mariners at Peoria, Tuesday 3/10, 3:05 CT

I'm really not sure what to make of this, and I want to try to be fair to Milton Bradley. In yesterday's Ft ... . We like our athletes to play hurt because it shows commitment to team and town. We all go to work ... to go out there and play 162 games, but he won’t do what I did in 120." As crudely self-serving [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 17:00:10

PS3 Review: MLB 09 The Show

Back in 2006 Sony introduced a new twist to the baseball genre known as Road to the Show, ... series. Since then, the team at Sony San Diego have been hard at work fine tuning the game ... are new training exercises, which are essentially small mini-games that can improve your players [more...]

Date: 2009-03-04 01:30:41

A class in creating good online gaming entertainment ethnics among a society is being offered in the Bley Hagins building of the local university

Creating solid corporate wide online gaming entertainment values also helps motivate employees to use best practices in their work, ... .” Moreover, by creating a unified team element in the online gaming entertainment sector, profits [more...]

Date: 2009-01-28 08:05:07

Another Bad Matchup?

The Toronto Raptors currently have the second-worst record in the Eastern Conference at 23-41. Over their past eight games (2-6) ... this space to ponder how a team with Chris Bosh down low, Jose Calderon at the point, Shawn Marion ... going to refrain from ripping the opposing team. That plan hasn't worked out to well recently [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 21:06:04

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" The most satisfying thing is to know that how I play the game, how I prepare, how I work - those core values work. Those values lead to success ... . That's more satisfying than outperforming any one person or outperforming my former team."   -          Chad Pennington, Miami Dolphins quarterback, when asked about playing against [more...]

Date: 2009-02-08 05:19:00

Killzone 2 designer moves on

Neil Alphonso, Killzone 2 designer has decided it was time for him to move on ... are building a strong development team who have already lured people that have previously worked ... . Alphonso has left Guerilla Games to join Splash Damage, a UK based company. Previously [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 15:54:21

Summer workshops with New Voice Company, Gantimpala Theater

1. New Voice Company , one of the country’s most progressive theater companies and founded by artistic director Monique Wilson, ... and psychological actions, animal work, relationship exercises, and learning how to build a character. Work will also include theater games by Viola Spolin, which encourages trust, being part of a team [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 16:00:00

EA cancels Command & Conquer: Tiberium

This article has been published at RLSLOG.net - visit our site for full content ... for the PC and Xbox 360. “EA has suspended work on Tiberium effective immediately,” corporate ... quality standards set by the team and by the EA Games Label. A lower-quality game is not in the best [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 10:37:01

My (Own) Adidas

by Chris O’Leary Somewhere in my parent’s home, probably packed away in a box that hasn’t been opened in the better part of a decade, ... up watching. I still wish I could say I dropped 40 on a team even once, or that I tomahawked a dunk going baseline in a championship game. All things considered though, it’s working out pretty well so far [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 19:34:14

Rumor: Activision preparing Guitar Hero: Van Halen

Psst . You wanna be privy to some exclusive, top secret information? ... to believe that Activision is working on ... another Guitar Hero game. It's true! Sources say ... , "The RedOctane/Guitar Hero team is currently focused on the upcoming release of Guitar Hero Metallica, as well [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 20:54:00

Killzone 2 lead level designer joins Splash Damage

Filed under: Biz , Action Enemy Territory: Quake Wars developer Splash Damage has been picking up some big-name talent at their UK-based studio. The company, currently working on an unnamed project for Bethesda Softworks ... at Lionhead as well as team members from Bioware , Criterion Games and other dev studios. Today [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 17:51:09

State of The Game - Mark Jacobs

Folks,     It’s only March and it’s been a very hectic year already for us here at Mythic ... the years, we are not perfect but we will always try our best to create great games.  So, without ... , adjustments, etc. to any MMO over the course of several months.     The team has worked very hard [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 17:14:47

Where Did The Monster Go?

The Washington Nationals and Team Choke East battled to a 5-5 tie yesterday in a Spring Training game in Viera, Florida. That basically works out to be a victory for the Nationals because that second team from New York ... like the beginning of a beautiful relationship between team and beast. However, it looks [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 12:10:48

1st Annual Global Game Jam NYC - Days 2 & 3 (1/31-2/1)

I was originally going to split these two days into their own posts (like my first post on the event), but when I wasn’t sleeping I was at the Jam ... of our creative assets, and desperately trying to keep my team members, who were doing the real work without ... . What was originally a free-stylus defense building game had turned into a one-button (aka [more...]

Date: 2009-02-07 17:25:14

1st Annual Global Game Jam NYC - Days 2 & 3 (1/31-2/1)

I was originally going to split these two days into their own posts (like my first post on the event), but when I wasn’t sleeping I was at the Jam ... of our creative assets, and desperately trying to keep my team members, who were doing the real work without ... . What was originally a free-stylus defense building game had turned into a one-button (aka [more...]

Date: 2009-02-03 14:56:41

Baseball Stress

Wow!  I can’t believe Brandon actually played in his game last night, particularly after the whole scene just prior to the game ... , then quit.  It’s not fair to the other kids on the team who are all working super hard if your heart isn’ [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 18:25:10

D.C. Media Trounces Council in Basketball Throwdown

                            Members of the D.C ... who cover them. Most everyone else on the media team works for family-friendly outlets, so I'll come out and call a spade a spade -- the game was a glorious shit-show. Sure, the media's 16-member team [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 15:15:45

GeekDad Holiday Gift Guide #6: Kids' Games & Building Sets

All chores and no play make Jack a dull boy. Kids love games, ... can capture the Marshal as you work to locate the other team's flag before they capture yours [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 18:00:22

Upcoming 3D ‘Star Defense’ from Ngmoco

New member of the Ngmoco team, Stephanie, sent out a tweet tonight that should give tower defense fans something to look forward to . Hey, I’m Stephanie a brand-new ngmofo and loving it! I wanted to start sharing some cool pics of the games I’m working on right now and totally had to kick it off with Star Defense. 3D worlds [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 04:22:07

Engage employees by being present in your communications

Great excitement yesterday in our home ... on their Blackberries – though many were just playing games. My daughter was somewhat indignant – not because ... sitting with a senior leadership team and one of the leaders was working away on his Blackberry [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 21:03:37

hey, cherry. do you belong to the physics club?

Last week, Tool Man was out of town for work, doing whatever it is Major Tool Company representatives do when they leave their wives at home alone ... gathering for a series of trust-building activities and outdoor games. Before he could finish telling ... out "Team Building Exercise '99!!" directly into his ear. Sadly, my glee at this very appropriately [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 03:15:00

club penguin nintendo game update

Billybob made a new post on the Club Penguin blog here is what he said: Hello Penguins! ... Penguin Force… and the team’s been working really hard to get it to you. We’re very excited to finally ... to unlock something special. Thanks again for being so patient while we’ve been working [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 21:51:40

club penguin nintando game update

Billybob made a new post on the Club Penguin blog here is what he said: Hello Penguins! ... Penguin Force… and the team’s been working really hard to get it to you. We’re very excited to finally ... to unlock something special. Thanks again for being so patient while we’ve been working [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 21:50:36

Ubisoft pulls I Am Alive away from Darkworks

Filed under: Action Darkworks , the French-based game developer who made the survival horror title Cold Fear for Ubisoft a few years ago, had been working on some time on the still mysterious disaster-action game I Am Alive ... the past year. The team at Darkworks has respected its contractual obligations on the project [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 16:00:00

Chili Party

How awesome are lazy Saturdays?!? I lounged around all morning in my PJ’s, did some baking, worked out, and spent the afternoon eating, drinking, ... to cheer on his alma mater’s basketball team, who were playing in a “bracket buster” game. I really enjoyed the afternoon! Party Prep While I squeezed in a quick workout in our building’s gym (15 [more...]

Date: 2009-02-21 23:17:01

Article | Guy Gavriel Kay wades into the ‘Martin-itis’ debate

Leave it to Guy Gavriel Kay to talk some sense. In a recent article published by The Globe and Mail , Kay addresses the subject of book delays, ... and football games (and his favourite team) is that Martin has told them. On his blog ... worth debating whether an author engaged in a multivolume work that readers have bought [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 15:13:56

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