Gamasutra Review

By: Adam Wiskar
Submitted: 2007-01-17 15:46:18
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Gamasutra is a site which says it's all about 'The Art & Business of Making Games'. I know at one point in my life I've wondered about how cool it would be to create the next Grand Theft Auto or Crash Bandicoot. We've all said to ourselves about how we can make a better video game than some of the crap out there.

The colour scheme of the site is very irregular to what you usually see and it can be a bit off putting but I think it works because it's original and memorable. So when you talk about this site with your friends and they go 'What was the site's name?' and you tell them, then they already have spread their name around the world. All that just from the layout and colour scheme. I haven't even gotten to the content yet.

Now for the content. After checking out the links at the top, some parts of the site you can't get into unless you're a member but if you're someone that likes playing their gmes and just has a vague interest on developers then those parts probably wouldn't be of much use to you. If you're interested in working on creating or developing games then you can check out their 'Jobs' section and look at the various listings there. Most of the jobs seem to be in the United States with the odd few in Europe so if you're really talented then the company might pay for you to move to the US. Doesn't seem too bad.

Gamasutra have their own store where you can buy guides, help books and pretty much any sort of book/CD that's related to the programming and development of games. The site is American so you'll be paying in Dollars so if you're in Europe then you can take advantage of the economy for once :-P

Now, their 'News' section is very industry-related as you would expect from a site like this. Now, most people wouldn't really care about this sort of news but some of it I find is rather interesting and they do have some good exclusive articles such as the PS3 E-Distribution one. They are very good reads and defnitely worth a look.

As for the rest of the site, you have a part of it dedicated to the education of learning how to make games as well as a place to submit resum?s if you're interested in getting into the gaming industry seriously. If any of you do, please make something good like Darwinia which shows you don't need a big budget to make an industry success ;-)

That about wraps the site up. This is definitely one for the hardcore and enthusiastic so if your interest in games is only casual, be wary. A very interesting site.

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