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Around the web

• Do achievements spoil the fun?
  gamespot.com GDC 2010: Ex-EA Maxis developer Chris Hecker wonders if reward systems are undermining the inherent enjoyment of playing games.
  1 year ago
• Video: GDC After Dusk Podcast: Episode I - Chris Hecker and Markus Persson
  eurogamer.net View this video on EGTV
  11 months ago
• ToonFighterZ – BeatEm With Fun! GDC 2010 trailer
  nintendoeverything.com Thanks to _Contra_ for the news tip!addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nintendoeverything.com%2F34757%2F';addthis_title = 'ToonFighterZ+%26%238211%3B+BeatEm+With+Fun%21+GDC+2010+trailer';addthis_pub = '';
  1 year ago
• GDC 2010 Video: EA Sports MMA
  g4tv.com At GDC 2010 today. we talked to Randy Chase, EA Product Marketing Manager, about EA Sports MMA, the mixed martial art
  1 year ago
• GDC 2010 Preview: EA Sports MMA and Tiger Woods PGA Tour Wii
  vgchartz.com While at the EA Sports Season Opener last night in San Francisco, I managed to see a couple matches of EA Sports MMA being played by developers and I got my hands on Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 for the Wii.
  1 year ago
• ToonFighterZ: BeatEm With Fun! - GDC 2010 trailer
  gonintendo.com Direct link here (thanks Contra!)
  1 year ago
• ［GDC 2010］気分は007？　EA，「Mass Effect 2」のDLC「Mass Effect 2 Kasumi's Stolen Memory」を4月に発売
  4gamer.net 　ElectoronicArtsは，「MassEffect2Kasumi'sStolenMemory」を，GDC2010の開催に合わせて初公開した。本作は「MassEffect2」のDLC第1弾で，新キャラクターのKasumiとともに，怪しいお屋敷への侵入を試みるというミッションが楽しめる。なお，発売予定時期は4月上旬だ。
  1 year ago
• Chris Hecker beings work on SpyParty
  digitalbattle.com It’s no secret that EA/Maxis’ Spore was a hit with some of the game’s success being attributed to Maxi developer Chris Hecker.Unfortunately, Maxis recently let Hecker in an effort to downsize the company but that hasn’t stopped h
  2 years ago
• Interview: Heckling the Future With Chris Hecker
  gamasutra.com From 2004 through most of last year, developer Chris Hecker worked at Will Wright's Maxis on the ambitious Spore. Now he's independent, and wo
  2 years ago
• SpyParty And The Indie Ethos: Chris Hecker Speaks
  gamasutra.com Outspoken indie developer Chris Hecker talks about what drives him creatively, the future he sees for the indie movement, and what he hopes to achiev
  5 months ago
• NYC: Come play SpyParty with Chris Hecker at NYU
  hctor.com Back at PAX, game developer Chris Hecker had his innovative project, SpyParty , on hand for showgoers to try out. Justin loved it , and now those of us in the Northeast who couldn't make it to Seattle earlier this year will be able to get our hands on it
  1 year ago
• SpyParty: Interview with Chris Hecker
  guardian.co.uk Independent game developer Chris Hecker talks to Keith Stuart about games that need deep player skill, going beyond shooting monsters, and his new game SpyParty
  1 year ago
• Maxis Layoffs Include Outspoken Spore Dev Chris Hecker [Maxis]
  kotaku.com Electronic Arts' recent attempt to "focus" Spore developer Maxis—which was a nicer way of saying some people got laid off—includes one of its more rant-ready folks, Chris Hecker, a...
  2 years ago
• Maxis Layoffs Include Outspoken Spore Dev Chris Hecker [Maxis]
  hctor.com Electronic Arts' recent attempt to "focus" Spore developer Maxis—which was a nicer way of saying some people got laid off —includes one of its more rant-ready folks, Chris Hecker , a Technology Fellow at the company.
  2 years ago
• Maxis Layoffs Include Outspoken Spore Dev Chris Hecker [Maxis]
  news.zergwatch.com Electronic Arts' recent attempt to "focus" Spore developer Maxis—which was a nicer way of saying some people got laid off —includes one of its more rant-ready folks, Chris Hecker , a Technology Fellow at the company. Remember him? If not, he's probably b
  2 years ago
• Maxis Layoffs Include Outspoken Spore Dev Chris Hecker
  gamekicker.com Electronic Arts' recent attempt to "focus" Spore developer Maxis—which was a nicer way of saying some people got laid off—includes one of its more rant-ready folks, Chris Hecker, a Technology Fell
  2 years ago
• GDC 2010 Adds Civilization V, Hecker, Harmonix Talks
  gamasutra.com As the GDC 2010 pre-show registration deadline approaches, organizers have confirmed talks from Spore's Chris Hecker and The Beatles: Rock Ban
  1 year ago
• The Chris Hecker / Wii brouhaha at GDC 2007
  intelligent-artifice.com During the GDC this year there was a small controversy over something Chris Hecker said during a rant session about the Nintendo Wii. It was mentioned on a lot of blogs back then, but I didn't feel I could really add anything sensible to it, and it was al
  4 years ago
• Will Wright Leaves EA/Maxis For Stupid Fun Club
  games.slashdot.org Dave Knott writes "Gamasutra reports that SimCity, Sims and Spore game creator Will Wright is leaving EA/Maxis. He will now be acting as head of Stupid Fun Club, an 'entertainment think tank' that he was previously funding out of his own pocket. From the
  2 years ago