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Community manager for EA2D's Dragon Age Legends; former managing editor at Bitmob; resident of SF's Mission district; cohabitator with a lovely girlfriend, a lazy dog, and a cranky cat.
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In this week's episode of the Mobcast, GameZone's Ben PerLee and Chemical Bun Productions' Carlos Rodela join Bitmob's Brett Bates and Demian Linn.
The crew discusses the newly launched 3DS, films that find inspiration in video games, the dangers of facile gameplay, and more.
Monday, April 04, 2011 |
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Tired of gyroscoping around and shooting at your roommate's face in the Face Raiders pack-in "game" that came with your brand-new 3DS? Here’s an idea: Stick in a free copy of Bust-A-Move Universe! Find out how to win the game inside.
Thursday, March 31, 2011 |
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Now that we’ve collected five fine topics for the super special 100th edition of the Mobcast, it’s time for you to help us create the podcast itself...by calling the special phone number we've set up just for the show. Find out the number and the chosen topics inside!
Monday, March 28, 2011 |
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In this week's indie-themed episode of the Mobcast, Area 5's Matt Chandronait, Cryptic Sea's Alex Austin, and Runt Inc.'s Richard Horne join Bitmob's Brett Bates. The crew discusses their most anticipated indie titles, how consoles limit creativity and distribution, what consumers look for in a non-mainstream game, and more.
Monday, March 28, 2011 |
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The Mobcast turns 100 soon, and we need your help making the episode awesome. Leave your topic suggestion in the comments of this post, and we'll pick the best four to anchor our very special episode in a few weeks.
Monday, March 21, 2011 |
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In this week's episode of the Mobcast, Epic Games Design Director Cliff Bleszinski, Ignition Entertainment Director of New Business Development Shane Bettenhausen, and 343 Industries Content Producer David Ellis join Bitmob's Dan Hsu. The group discusses the creation of new game types, the evolution of price-pointing, the future of controllers, an
Monday, March 21, 2011 |
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In this week's episode of the Mobcast, Night Owl Games Art Director Peter Franco, PopCap Editorial and Social Media Director Jeff Green, and Community Director for Microsoft Connected Experiences Kathleen Sanders join Bitmob's Dan Hsu. The group discusses their favorite indie titles, the migration of celebrated developers to Facebook, and more.
Monday, March 14, 2011 |
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If you guessed you'll be shooting many robots in Shoot Many Robots, then you've earned a gold star! But that's not all you do in the game Demiurge Studios aptly calls "Metal Slug meets Borderlands" and I call "My favorite demo of GDC." Here are three other things you'll do in it besides causing robot mayhem.
Thursday, March 10, 2011 |
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In this week's episode of the Mobcast, Insomniac's Ryan Schneider, Marcus Smith, and James Stevenson join Bitmob's Dan Hsu. The group discusses Resistance 3, their favorite virtual weapons, gamers as an aging demographic, transmedia IPs, and how fans have become more like product reviewers
Monday, March 07, 2011 |
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The publisher Ignition showed off two console titles -- El Shaddai and Swarm -- at this year's GDC, and while their play styles don't have much in common, both games deal with death in innovative ways.
Thursday, March 03, 2011 |
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The Game Developers Conference is taking over San Francisco's Moscone Center this week, and Bitmob's Dan Hsu, Demian Linn, Brett Bates, Rus McLaughlin, and Omri Petitte will be on-hand to provide the blow-by-blow. Check out this hub page to find every GDC story staff and community members post this week.
Tuesday, March 01, 2011 |
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The original PixelJunk Shooter tasked players with saving scientists trapped underground on a foreign planet. Now PixelJunk Shooter 2 (out today on PSN) wants you to fight over those hapless researchers in a new competitive mode.
Tuesday, March 01, 2011 |
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In the world of online shooters, one foul-mouthed, racist idiot (and there are plenty of them on Xbox Live and PSN) can ruin the experience for everyone. So developer Splash Damage decided to craft their upcoming Brink so that you can cooperate with others to pull off complicated objectives without uttering a single word.
Monday, February 28, 2011 |
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"Bitmob kickstarted my career in video games and introduced me to good nerd friends like Shoe, Demian, and the rest of the Bitmob crew. So while I'm sad to see the name go, I'm really happy the spirit is living on over at GamesBeat. Here's to growing this already awesome community over there!"
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
"Congrats! Short of Shoe winning the lottery to continue funding Bitmob himself, this really is the best possible outcome for the site. Sure, it'll be sad to see "Bitmob" go, but it was the idea behind that drew the awesome community here (and gave people like myself an opportunity to work on video games for a living), and that's going to live on.
I can't wait to see how all this looks fully integrated into GamesBeat. "
Friday, January 13, 2012
"This will be...awesome."
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
"Psst, you guys forgot the coolest Facebook game out there: Dragon Age Legends! ;)"
Monday, September 05, 2011
"Haha, slow motion makes us seem so much more badass than we actually were! Nice job editing, Ben."
Sunday, June 26, 2011
"So how do you think controlling a shooter -- or heck, any game with camera control mapped to the right analog -- would feel with this? Having the face buttons directly below the right analog nub doesn't feel natural for jumping/crouching, witching weapons, etc."
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
"Holy cow, that Schafer pic is amazing!"
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
"And the lucky winenrs are Louis Garcia and Ed Grabowski! Congratulations, guys. I'll send you an email shortly."
Friday, April 08, 2011
"Wow, that's some beautiful art. I'll have to check this out!"
Thursday, April 07, 2011
"Nice tip on Perfect Cell! I just picked it up while the sale was still going on. =)"
Thursday, April 07, 2011
"@Randy: It's not...but there were no more 415 numbers available on Google Voice. =)"
Thursday, March 31, 2011
"There's actually already a Penny Arcade card game. I'd pick it up if it wasn't 2-player only.... http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite.asp?eidm=88"
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
