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Machinima UK opens it’s doors today (yesterday)

Machinima is the art of using computer games, in unintended ways, to tell stories. It’s something that has always intrigued me but I have never paid a huge amount of attention too - perhaps now would be a good time to take a look.

Bizarrely the site, and a …

Dizzyage 2008 compo

Dizzyage is an engine that allows people to make retro platform adventure games in the style of the classic Dizzy games that were so popular on the Spectrum and Commodore 64.

[photopress:dizzy1.png,thumb,alignleft]Every year there is a competition for people to design adventure games using the engine, and this …

Resident Evil: Extinction competition

It’s a promo for a film (based on a video game) but it has some fun elements, I am thinking about giving it a go myself. So why not join the most infectious competition ever and win fantastic prizes with Resident Evil: Extinction.

Here’s how it works. Go to ResidentEvilExtinctionDVD.co.uk …

IGF Entries Announced

I’ve been a bit slow on this one but since I am a big fan of independently developed games I had to give it a mention anyway. Basically the upcoming Indie Games Festival aka IGF have announced the finalists for their competitions. I’m pleased to see that Kloonigames is up …

Webgame Wednesday : The Tall Stump

Unfortunately my entry to the Jayisgames competition, Roll, didn’t win. Even more unfortunately… I quite like the game that did win… so here it is - the winner… The Tall Stump.

The story for the Tall Stump is a classic tale of an evil wizard turning your girlfriend into …

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