Control Structure #17: Pass The Fried Chicken

Andrew and Chris "interview" John Gosling from Level Zero Games, who is seeking funding for his game, Net Gain: Corporate Espionage, on Kickstarter. They talk about that, and other topics, like DRM, VP8, Steam, SimCity, StarCraft, and also listener questions. Also served with a delightful Fringe!

Links

• Net Gain: Corporate Espionage by Level Zero Games — Kickstarter
• Covert Action – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Introversion Software
• Europa Universalis – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Unity Technologies Blog » Blog Archive » 7DFPS – 7 Day First Person Shooter
• Minecraft: Pi Edition | Minecraft: Pi Edition updates and downloads
• Bright-Green.com: Naming Java Classes Without a ‘Manager’
• design patterns – Naming Classes – How to avoid calling everything a “Manager”? – Stack Overflow
• How two volunteers built the Raspberry Pi’s operating system | Ars Technica
• Coding Horror: I Shall Call It.. SomethingManager
• Best Games Of 7 Day FPS.. That Don’t Have Any Shooting | Rock, Paper, Shotgun
• The Raspberry Pi: One year since launch, one million sold | Ars Technica
• Fan Art – Media – StarCraft II
• GOG.com
• Google called the MPEG-LA’s bluff, and won
• MPEG LA’s AVC License Will Continue Not to Charge Royalties for Internet Video that is Free to End Users
• PETA says whaling in Assassin’s Creed 4 glorifies hurting and killing, Ubisoft responds | Polygon
• 5 video game patents you didn’t know existed | Multiformat | Pocket Gamer
• Jamendo – Traffic Life by Anitek
• Watir.com | Web Application Testing in Ruby
• Google and MPEG LA Announce Agreement Covering VP8 Video Format | Business Wire
• PETA Reminds StarCraft Players That Zerglings Have Feelings, Too | PETA.org
• SimCity Burning: A Warning to Microsoft, Sony, and All Publishers on The Dangers of Always-Online DRM – IGN
• Coding Horror: International Backup Awareness Day
• News – Xsolla And Valve Announce Cash Payments to Steam in Russia
• I broke my leg – The Meta Picture
• MakerBot’s Desktop 3D Scanner Is a Real-Life Star Trek Replicator
• LoadingReadyRun – Installation Anxiety
• WarGame 2
• How Newegg crushed the “shopping cart” patent and saved online retail | Ars Technica
• BBC News – EA apologises over ‘dumb’ SimCity launch
• Valve Enables Russian Population To Buy More Steam Games – News – www.GameInformer.com
• WarGame 2
• MakerBot’s Desktop 3D Scanner Is a Real-Life Star Trek Replicator
• The Raspberry Pi: One year since launch, one million sold | Ars Technica
• LoadingReadyRun – Installation Anxiety
• I broke my leg – The Meta Picture
• Watir.com | Web Application Testing in Ruby
• Level Zero Games

Music

• Bump Foot – Releases – foot132
• Podcast Fantastic
• Coding Horror: International Backup Awareness Day
• Net Gain: Corporate Espionage by Level Zero Games — Kickstarter
• Jamendo – Traffic Life by Anitek
• [Kahvi Collective Audio Sculptors – fa8 V3]

This episode of Control Structure has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #61: CS #17 — Paramilitary Paratroopers!

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