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We also danced to all of the things that Left 4 Dead's Francis hates (most of all, Ayn Rand), saw BAFTA announced an award for Pong/Atari head Nolan Bushnell, and saw Ico creator Fumito Ueda look back at the development of PS2 cult classic Shadow of the Colossus.

Boing Boing 2009

At the same time, when we all discussed Fumito Ueda's work recently, we all concluded that one of the main reasons why his games inspire the imagination so much is because of all of the things they leave unsaid.

Imagination And Abstraction SVGL 2009

However, I was pleased to see Fallout 3 take its due as Game of the Year, and it also won the award for best writing -- I'm so happy for those guys, whom I believe demonstrate the merit of having writers who are also designers, as Emil Pagliarulo discussed on the panel I attended featuring him, Suda51 and Fumito Ueda (AWESOME).

Archive 2009-03-01 SVGL 2009

At the same time, when we all discussed Fumito Ueda's work recently, we all concluded that one of the main reasons why his games inspire the imagination so much is because of all of the things they leave unsaid.

Archive 2009-07-01 SVGL 2009

Fumito Ueda was a student of art before ever taking his gifts to the game industry; the writers of Portal are exactly that -- writers -- and they would have been writing even if not for a video game (and to you designers who say you don't need writers to truly succeed, good luck with that).

Come Out And Play SVGL 2009

Fumito Ueda confirmed to IGN some more details on the game, including the nature and name of the Eagle - Toriko.

Poll Results! SVGL 2009

However, I was pleased to see Fallout 3 take its due as Game of the Year, and it also won the award for best writing -- I'm so happy for those guys, whom I believe demonstrate the merit of having writers who are also designers, as Emil Pagliarulo discussed on the panel I attended featuring him, Suda51 and Fumito Ueda (AWESOME).

GDC 2009, Day Three SVGL 2009

One huge appeal of the trailer and Fumito Ueda's games, is the ambiguity of the story.

Poll Results! SVGL 2009

Fumito Ueda was a student of art before ever taking his gifts to the game industry; the writers of Portal are exactly that -- writers -- and they would have been writing even if not for a video game (and to you designers who say you don't need writers to truly succeed, good luck with that).

Archive 2009-07-01 SVGL 2009

But play the PS2 versions on a modern TV set and the look is not so much soft-focus as unfocussed, a mess of fuzzy shapes and muddy textures that does Fumito Ueda's original vision no favours at all.

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