Category Archives: Games

Started Casual Games Blog

Posted on September 4, 2006 by ruchit

Gaming is growing big and so does our Games Development Division at Microsoft India. I have recently falicitated a blog for my team MS Games India and is an effort by our team at Microsoft India to showcase what we … Continue reading →

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Career Paths in the Game Industry

Posted on July 14, 2006 by ruchit

I find this article almost comprehensive about possible career paths in the gaming industry. It talks about designer, writer, programmer, visual artist, audio artist, manager, tester et. al. with broadly. Good read. Mark pointed out in conclusion ” ….It was … Continue reading →

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Google into gaming??

Posted on April 20, 2006 by ruchit

I am not sure, but find this interesting enough. A small group at Google, in cooperation with Sony Pictures, have created 12,358 original puzzles for The Da Vinci Code Quest on Google.

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The Medium That Ate The World

Posted on February 24, 2006 by ruchit

Interesting Presentation titled “The Medium That Ate The World” by Ralph Koster who works for Sony Online Entertainment. You should watch this presentation To learn how to deliver a good presentation, and OR If you are interested in philosophy of … Continue reading →

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Orisinal Casual Games

Posted on February 24, 2006 by ruchit

If you are looking for fresh set of cool flash based games, have a look at http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/ . I really enjoyed playing them

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Dos games

Posted on January 16, 2006 by ruchit

Do you have an old DOS PC lying in your junkroom, which you are thinking to give it for scrap.. Think again, you can do something more useful than what you can get out of it (probably nothing). How about … Continue reading →

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How to quickly make games

Posted on January 10, 2006 by ruchit

Typically, Casual games are games which not only require less time to play but can also be developed in relatively shorter span of time. Essentially if you are starting with it new, I guess these links can be a good … Continue reading →

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BillG’s keynote at CES -2006

Posted on January 6, 2006 by ruchit

Many of you might already had your own feed of Bill Gates Keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2006. Only thing I want to hightlight is: After Windows Vista, first usage he talked about was gaming. Do you still … Continue reading →

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GrandMa playing hard

Posted on January 2, 2006 by ruchit

An interesting story about how a 69 year old grandMa making news in the local media being a Hardcore gamer. Check this out And if you are still not convinced to consider gaming as your career, take a serious look … Continue reading →

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Want to be into Gaming??

Posted on December 22, 2005 by ruchit

I have started getting mails lately, about how to grow their career as professional game programmer. I am sure there are plenty of such text available on the internet, but here are few links ( thanks to Sumit ) which … Continue reading →

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