The Writers Guild of America’s nominations for the 2009 awards are out, and it turns out there’s a dark horse among the competition for Best Writing in a Videogame. Alongside games like Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, Fallout 3, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and Tomb Raider: Underworld is a little, familiar independent game called Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!. Yup, independent developer Mousechief has just received another honor for their fantastic adventure game.

Now we’ll all just have to wait and see if, on February 7, 2009, Mousechief manages to win…

It’s no surprise that scriptwriters for radio, television and movies are at a stand-still with the current Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike. After three weeks without work, those writers are starting to look for writing positions in an industry that has become an unexpected competitor. Videogames. “Vidgames may be one of the prime reasons more »