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Shameless self-promotion? Yes. No! (But yes). We love The Escapist here at Tap-Repeatedly, with all its escaping and its clever videos and its pretty graphic design and its outstanding contributions and its willingness to publish me, little tiny me, every now and then. Today they published my article on IGDA reform, a subject near and …

In a terse press release, the International Game Developers Association announced that Dr. Tim Langdell of Edge Games has voluntarily resigned his position on the IGDA board. As such, the recently announced special membership meeting to vote on Langdell’s possible ouster will no longer take place. Regardless of your position on the recent furor over …

Edge Games has released a public statement regarding the Edge trademark infringement fiasco, and though it’s unpleasantly formatted there is a lot of interesting reading there. In the meantime, the IGDA has finally acted, as a corps of disillusioned members (using somewhat less than unsleazy means) finally got enough signatures from members to force a …

Well, this is a difficult one for me to write, if only because if I don’t choose my words carefully I could wind up on the receiving end of a very nasty email from a person who theoretically has the authority to destroy a significant portion of my career. At the same time, though, it …

The ninth annual Game Developers Choice Awards were held last night at GDC – which Steerpike is still not attending, but which hasn’t stopped any of the PR people from hammering him with tech demo offers if he “stops by their booth.” We love the DevChoice awards, because IGDA members vote on the winners, and …

The International Game Developers Association announced today that Jason Della Rocca, the organization’s Executive Director since 2000, will be stepping down at the end of March to pursue other opportunities. While most gamers would probably go their whole lives without ever knowing who Jason was, to industry people he’s been a guiding force and relentless …