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EToo London

15/05/2013by Cara Ellison Leave a comment

I am helping host the EToo London Event! Come along! Every June, it seems like the entire global games industry packs its bags and heads out to Los Angeles for […]

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Events

The Man Who Set Simcity On Fire | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

15/05/2013by Cara Ellison Leave a comment

Yes. I’m going to tell you the story about a man who set Simcity on fire. A little story for Lewie at The RPS Bargain Bucket: Carappropriated | Rock, Paper, […]

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DOTA 2 Spring / Summer Catalogue | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

15/05/2013by Cara Ellison Leave a comment

Daddy RPS said he’d give me this $20 note to shop with, but what happened was RPS was out of change that day and so RPS patted me on the […]

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Gone Home: The Fullbright Revolutionaries | guardian.co.uk

28/04/2013by Cara Ellison Leave a comment

“Steve Gaynor of the Fullbright Company slumps against the wall with me on the floor of Moscone North hall at the Game Developer’s Conference. It’s four days into the event: […]

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Sacrilege, a ‘Dating’ ‘Sim’ | Unwinnable

28/04/2013by Cara Ellison 2 Comments

“For Unwinnable’s Sex Week, I did not, as others did, indulge in ‘method’ writing, as I am currently as about as sexually active as a nun who has sprained her […]

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Guardian Tech Weekly special | guardian.co.uk

28/04/2013by Cara Ellison Leave a comment

“At the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco last month, the whole issue of representation, including gender, LGBT and race, became a key focus. Several sessions and “developer rants” dealt […]

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In Which Aaron Sorkin Is Useful

15/04/2013by Cara Ellison 11 Comments

They say don’t read the comments, and really, I should listen to whoever they are. But I often find myself on a sleepless night reading the comments on articles that […]

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Hypersexed Hypertext: Porpentine and the Twine text game revolution | PC Gamer

12/04/2013by Cara Ellison Leave a comment

Porpentine is a game designer, writer, and curator for freeindiegam.es. She primarily makes Twine games, which are choose your own adventure style games that are accessible, short, and welcoming. You […]

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Anna Anthropy and the Twine revolution | Guardian

12/04/2013by Cara Ellison Leave a comment

“I have icefire in my veins.” Anna Anthropy tells me this as we sit down for an interview at the Game Developers’ Conference in San Francisco. Such a declaration is […]

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Unwinnable GDC House | Unwinnable

12/04/2013by Cara Ellison 1 Comment

After GDC 2012, someone asked, “Why can’t we all just live together and be awesome?” For GDC 2013, we decided to give that a shot and rented a 19 room […]

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