MrTambourineMan Heavy Industry v.1 blog

There seems to be little of industry (we know which industry I'm talking about right?) news on MODDB. A little more insight into what the big boys are doing would do no harm I presume so I will post here some of the news that caught my eye this week. Here we go:

Left4Dead Interview.
The latest interview on Left4Dead with Chet Faliszek [Old man Murray anyone?] came up on Shacknews today - it's a good read, but nothing really new there.

Id talks bussiness.
Todd Hollenshead & John Carmack chat with GamesIndustry.biz, Todd says  that for PC Hardware manufacturers are probably secretly happy about piracy on PCs. Read through the interview and you'll see that he has a point there.

Digital distribution milestone?
Swedish games company Grin sells 130 000 units of Bionic Commando remake through XBOX Live Arcade and PSN in only a week - not bad at all.

Crytek <3 consoles!
Crytek became well known since the release of their gfx-monster Crysis for blame-it-on-piracy statements. Here they make another one. Alternative version would be to check what configuration average gaming computer has [info via Steam survey].

PC gamer's bill of rights
Stardock reveals their proposal for (PC)gamer's bill of rights -
The Gamer’s Bill of Rights

1) Gamers shall have the right to return games that don’t work with their computers for a full refund.
2) Gamers shall have the right to demand that games be released in a finished state.
3) Gamers shall have the right to expect meaningful updates after a game’s release.
4) Gamers shall have the right to demand that download managers and updaters not force themselves to run or be forced to load in order to play a game.
5) Gamers shall have the right to expect that the minimum requirements for a game will mean that the game will play adequately on that computer.
6) Gamers shall have the right to expect that games won’t install hidden drivers or other potentially harmful software without their consent.
7) Gamers shall have the right to re-download the latest versions of the games they own at any time.
8) Gamers shall have the right to not be treated as potential criminals by developers or publishers.
9) Gamers shall have the right to demand that a single-player game not force them to be connected to the Internet every time they wish to play.
10) Gamers shall have the right that games which are installed to the hard drive shall not require a CD/DVD to remain in the drive to play.
 
[MrTambourineMan signs it right away]

Ken Levine says he's a nerd, tells anecdote:

That's it for this week, any comments are appreciated. Good Night, and Good Luck