GameSpy Tech at Catalina
The GameSpy Tech team took a little team-building trip to Catalina Island. We departed from Newport Beach and spent the day living the lazy island life.

The GameSpy Tech team took a little team-building trip to Catalina Island. We departed from Newport Beach and spent the day living the lazy island life.

Our holiday party is typically the one time of year when our mostly t-shirt and jeans crowd actually puts on collared shirts or – gasp – a dress. In addition to the “adult” dress-up we also did a little make…
Last week at work we silently launched “Online Matters” our game developer focused blog. After launching a corporate blog what else could one do? Oh, how about be on a podcast? Yep. Posted that this week, too.

My little panel at OGDC got picked up on a few websites, probably due to the General Manager of Xbox Live and a VP from Real Arcade being involved but I thought this quote was rather funny…

There were endless complaints about the Guitar Hero II controller for the Xbox 360 from people at work, all of whom are Guitar Hero freaks. To put a common complaint (“built for toddlers”) to the test I enlisted the help…
Yesterday was the last day for GameSpy Industries and the beginning of something all new: IGN/GameSpy. Check out the press release discussing the new company.
Rumors were swirling before Thanksgiving, but we all discounted them. Now it looks like there was a little truth to those rumors! Mark announced yesterday that GameSpy and our rival IGN intended to merge.