Interesting Game Things

This video shows high school students interviewing Gabe Newell of Valve, courtesy of Kotaku.  Bet you didn't know Team Fortress 2 was a test lab for their online gaming business....

http://kotaku.com/#!5764793/watch-a-high-school-class-receive-an-audience-with-the-most-powerful-man-in-pc-gaming

Curious about the indie games that pour onto xBox Live?  This site is buying, playing and reviewing a game a day, trying to find the hidden gems.

http://writingsofmassdeduction.com

Here are a few reviews to whet your appetite.

http://writingsofmassdeduction.com/2011/01/23/day-75-lumi/

http://writingsofmassdeduction.com/2010/11/18/day-9-soul/

http://writingsofmassdeduction.com/2011/01/21/day-72-decay-part-2/#more-476

http://writingsofmassdeduction.com/2010/12/23/day-44-prismatic-solid/#more-361

http://writingsofmassdeduction.com/2011/01/10/day-62-radiangames-fluid/

http://writingsofmassdeduction.com/2010/12/16/day-37-text-zedventure/#more-321

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How xBox Live Keeps It Clean

Here's a transcript from this year's PAX about how Microsoft monitors behavior on their xBox Live service.  Since Blizzard doesn't pay much attention to in-game behavior, I thought everyone would be curious about how The Other Guys handle misbehavior.  (Thanks for posting about this, Kotaku.)
http://www.stepto.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=47972f52-f025-4805-bea4-f515e4269a3a&ID=584

Major Nelson will have the audio up on his blog today or tomorrow (it's a holiday weekend here in the U.S.) if you would prefer to hear it instead of reading it.
http://www.majornelson.com/

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