Radiator Blog

JUNE 15, 2022

Some random notes and thoughts from Quake modding land, in this cold wintery June of 2022: Community Hubs Official Mods The Future of My Quake Maps COMMUNITY HUBS Since February 2022, I've been acting as volunteer database maintainer / editor for the main Quake single player community archive site Quaddicted.

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AWS Games

JANUARY 26, 2023

AWS re:Invent was back in full force in 2022 with over 50,000 members of the global cloud community coming together in Las Vegas for the 11th edition of the conference. Metaverse – metaverse experiences are creating results for 3D content creation, gaming, interactive events, and XR streaming. Learn more. Warner Bros. Learn more.

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AWS Games

MARCH 27, 2024

The Titan Image Demo showcased advanced techniques that can be used to solve real-world image asset creation tasks using generative AI and Amazon Bedrock. Speakers included representatives from AAA studios Epic Games and Warner Bros Games Avalanche Software, and innovative startups like Sprocket Games and UneeQ.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Making Call of Duty free Back when CoDO was conceived, consoles didn’t officially exist in China, AAA Mobile gaming was not yet a ‘thing’ and PC gaming mostly happened at Internet Cafes, where gamers paid to sit in front of computers to play, watch videos, eat, smoke and chat.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

This is perhaps because successful assets are very expensive and it is cheaper for an existing 4X publisher to launch and scale new titles rather than to acquire and operate existing games that have already scaled. A true masterpiece of an ad rivaling launch trailers from AAA games. Well played, Lilith…. Last Year’s 4X Predictions.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 21, 2023

You cannot want any of those traders who are after quick wins by flipping your game assets since it will only mean that your game is actually a ponzi scheme. Of course, how much you want to take as royalty depends on the asset type and community. One thing is for sure, none of this justifies eliminating creator royalties in games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 26, 2023

Although I had been watching the space for about a year by then, my interest in blockchain games peaked in the beginning of 2022 right after the latest (doubtfully the last) crypto bull run like most people. a16z saying “It’s still early for crypto” in 2022. What about the App Store and Play Store? They were saying the same in 2018.

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