Moved!

I moved my blog over to my own server. http://www.mikehuang.com/blog is the new home. See you all there!

Burnout 3: Takedown

My game of choice lately has been Burnout 3: Takedown.

They've done good with this game, making a driving game where crashing is actually fun.

Press Coverage of Castaway Entertainment

This week, Castaway Entertainment was interviewed by both The Hollywood Reporter and Gamespot.

Stanford Conference on Storytelling in Games

On Friday I attended a conference at Stanford on Storytelling in Games. Will Wright, the creator/designer of SimCity, giving a lecture on why he hates stories within games. Gamespot also covered the Stanford Conference.

More on Breaking In

Preparing for your career in games

Vaporware

Wire's Vaporware Awards

Warner Bros. To Start a Game Unit

This ought to be interesting... On one hand, I only know of one games studio that has managed to make good on studio licenses -- Akklaim. Almost every other studio has botched it, although EA is doing very well with the Lord of the Rings license.

Breaking In, Part II

The How To Break Into The Game Industry Mini-Conference, Resume Workshop in San Francisco is happening in a few weeks.

I generally don't like these things, because, having already been in the industry for a while, I don't think they benefit the attendees a whole lot. I think you get a lot more out of just talking to guys already in the industry, who can do a lot more for you than some speakers... but if you need inspiration, or want to network, then I think this can be valuable.