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Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition in open development

Shane DeFreest, World of Darkness Community Developer, recently announced that the 20th Anniversary Edition Vampire: The Masquerade is now in open development. Any player with something to say and skill at the keyboard is welcome to contribute…

Spielberg comments on cruddy cut scenes in video games

Recently, in an interview Yahoo! Games, film director and part of the development team for Boom Blox Steven Spielberg let the public know about the different problems he’s had with game cinematics.

In the interview he made it brutally obvious that he has been a long-time gamer bring up some of his past with gaming going all the way back to Pong. One of the ways he brought it up was toward the end of the interview where he is quoted as saying, “I thought Pong was the Woodstock of videogaming.” Being that it was one of the first big games of its time, that analogy is pretty accurate.

Spielberg also noted the failing of game cinematics and brought up that a lot of cut scenes try to tell a story. However, due to the obvious switch between gameplay and cut scenes, some gamers take a…