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Simon Carless is a British game developer, journalist, edit and designer known for his work as Editorial Director at CMP Technology, where he works on Game Developer Magazine, Gamasutra and GameSetWatch. Previously, Simon was editor of Slashdot Games and as a Lead Game Designer at Kuju Entertainment, Eidos Interactive and Atari.

  • 04:45:04 am on April 18, 2010 |

    simoncarless: That Deus Ex 3 trailer - http://bit.ly/bveqD6 - has smoking in it too... are cigarettes becoming cool in games again? Weird.

     

  • 04:43:53 am on April 18, 2010 |

    simoncarless: After the Avatar controversy re: smoking - played two .JP games today (Deadly Premonition, Yakuza 3) with lighting up/smoking in the intros.

     

  • 09:17:04 pm on April 17, 2010 |

    simoncarless: Weekend trawl means 18 new alt.media links, from octopus thieves to the dachshund U.N.: http://delicious.com/simoncarless

     

  • 03:42:03 pm on April 17, 2010 |

    simoncarless: @progrium Sorry! We had some problems with getting the speaker contract signed, it'll be up next week in video I do believe...

     

  • 03:35:47 pm on April 17, 2010 |

    simoncarless: Cool/handy picture of ash cloud in relation to UK: http://bit.ly/b4hR3I - sorry, Brit friends.

     

  • 05:45:52 am on April 17, 2010 |

    simoncarless: Excited for Dr. Who premiere tomorrow on BBC America. Might have sneaked a look at it on the Internets, but will pretend I've forgotten...

     

  • 10:29:07 pm on April 16, 2010 |

    simoncarless: Our sales guys sent out numbers with an ASCII Chocobo, and our edit folks are making catchy songs to honor news shift handovers. Awesome.

     

  • 09:45:16 pm on April 16, 2010 |

    simoncarless: @GreeterDan Sorry, I was preoccupied with carefully carrying my quesadilla back to the office :P

     

  • 07:11:57 pm on April 16, 2010 |

    simoncarless: RT @idlethumbs I discussed Deus Ex 3 with its art director: http://j.mp/bpB7Xk Good stuff about the reasoning for the Renaissance style.

     

  • 03:14:00 pm on April 16, 2010 |

    simoncarless: Fascinated by market-broadening moves like Playfirst doing a Twilight-ish 'Love & Death' vampire (hidden object!) game: http://bit.ly/aym6EH

     

  • 05:06:13 am on April 16, 2010 |

    simoncarless: @IdleThumbs @jmechner @victor_lucas Agree with Mr. Remo, 'video game' all the way. This argument could last a while.

     

  • 10:37:41 pm on April 15, 2010 |

    simoncarless: Yep, (the guy who played) Gabriel Knight has a novel out called 'No One Laughs At A Dead Clown'. Awesome. http://bit.ly/aYhYn9

     

  • 07:43:34 pm on April 15, 2010 |

    simoncarless: Oh yeah, and we did a Game Career Guide design competition around Rickrolling, results here: http://bit.ly/cowkw5

     

  • 05:15:14 pm on April 15, 2010 |

    simoncarless: As @gamesetwatch notes - 'Welcome to 2K Marin... Canberra?': http://bit.ly/bb6dDn

     

  • 04:03:38 pm on April 15, 2010 |

    simoncarless: Gamasutra stats ace @jvmatthews looks at GameStop - the new vs. used #s are particularly eye-opening: http://bit.ly/bBEaBI

     

  • 09:49:32 pm on April 14, 2010 |

    simoncarless: Good to see UK indie conf World Of Love (nice title!) happening in June: http://bit.ly/9nCpbn

     

  • 05:52:19 pm on April 14, 2010 |

    simoncarless: The Game Developer 50 - our take on the most vibrant people in the game biz right now: http://bit.ly/bPD4rH

     

  • 03:25:34 pm on April 14, 2010 |

    simoncarless: Our GDC Online conf @ Austin this Oct. adds iPad, 3D stereoscopic, iPhone, game narrative summits: http://bit.ly/9CXIAc

     

  • 06:09:35 am on April 14, 2010 |

    simoncarless: And they're certainly not showing any signs that they are slowing... #LOST

     

  • 08:37:31 pm on April 13, 2010 |

    simoncarless: RT @e_svedang My article about creating Blueberry Garden is out on Gamasutra: http://bit.ly/c9JEVg

     

  • 07:50:42 pm on April 13, 2010 |

    simoncarless: Jean-Michel Jarre vs. dinner, courtesy of Shooting Stars' George Dawes: http://bit.ly/aB1tnm

     

  • 06:54:06 pm on April 13, 2010 |

    simoncarless: Mm, salt and vinegar Pop Chips for the win.

     

  • 03:38:28 pm on April 13, 2010 |

    simoncarless: New Game Developer salary survey data -- slight drop in U.S. average for 2009: http://bit.ly/9xJFkr [We also surveyed indies, data soon..]

     

  • 11:18:03 pm on April 12, 2010 |

    simoncarless: I see UFC/Jakks are doing the MMA version of Hulk Hands - got to get the kids into ultraviolent sports early, eh? http://bit.ly/di7SV9

     

  • 10:54:30 pm on April 12, 2010 |

    simoncarless: Oof, super busy today, luckily my Gamasutra colleagues have this West/Zampella thing dialed down, interview and all: http://bit.ly/bAaUe0

     

  • 07:23:29 pm on April 12, 2010 |

    simoncarless: We don't do game reviews on @gamasutra, so Christian Nutt, aka @ferricide, used LJ for 10,000+ awesome words on FFXIII: http://bit.ly/96Okcm

     

  • 10:41:45 pm on April 11, 2010 |

    simoncarless: (Although Jack White does diss video games on the cover, and you can't subscribe to the digital version standalone. Sigh. iPad version plz?)

     

  • 10:41:01 pm on April 11, 2010 |

    simoncarless: I suspect UK followers think it's past it, but since I used to love the NME, neat that they've got a digital version: http://bit.ly/bM1vtr

     

  • 05:18:11 pm on April 11, 2010 |

    simoncarless: Off to Star Trek: The Exhibition at the San Jose Tech, to gawk at the Borg Cube (try saying that bit five times in a row.)

     

  • 06:50:03 pm on April 10, 2010 |

    simoncarless: Just subscribed to @gamepro in print, the @jwhdavison reboot has me intrigued, and it's only a buck+ an issue, folks.

     
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