Author: Ted T
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The AI Revolution in Game Development: Elon Musk’s Vision and the Industry’s Transformation
A New Era in Game Creation If you’ve played a video game in the last ten years, you’ve likely witnessed the steady evolution of storytelling, graphics, and interactivity. But the leap we’re now facing isn’t just an incremental shift in polish or fidelity, it’s a foundational change in how games are imagined, developed, and delivered.…
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Shipping Games with No Internet: The Lost Art of Bug-Free AAA Titles
In today’s world of gaming, it’s hard to imagine a time when you couldn’t update a game after it was released. Hit a bug in a modern title? No problem, just download the patch. Most of us barely blink when a game crashes or lags because we’ve come to expect updates and fixes down the…
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Cartridges, CDs, and Crashes: How We Debugged Without the Internet
Back in the 80’s and early ‘90s, game development was a special kind of chaos—an era where your best debugging tool was often a legal pad, a lot of coffee, and the sheer force of will. There was no Stack Overflow to bail you out, no Google search to reveal the solution to a compiler…
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From Floppy Disk Frenzy to Seamless Refresh: My Windows 11 Awakening
Let’s be honest, we’ve all been there. That creeping dread when your PC starts acting up. Maybe it’s a sluggish response, a rogue program refusing to die, or, in my case, a bizarre network gremlin that seemed to selectively hate my FTP server. After endless ping tests and driver updates, I knew what had to…
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Expanding Horizons: The Bold Innovations of Console Expansions in the Early 1990s
In the early 1990s, the video game industry was in the midst of a technological renaissance. With 16-bit consoles like the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) and Sega Genesis reigning supreme in living rooms worldwide, companies faced a pivotal question: How could they extend the lifespan of these popular systems without immediately launching entirely new…
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Kneejerk Reactions in Game Development: A Perspective from the Industry
Game development is a long, arduous process that requires a steady hand and a clear vision. Having spent years in the industry, I’ve seen projects rise, fall, and sometimes twist themselves into unrecognizable shapes because of external cultural events or newsworthy happenings. If you’re part of a development team today, I’d like to share some…
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Reflections on the Game Industry: The Decline of The AAA Title
Okay, buckle up, because Grandpa’s about to tell you some stories. Not the kind with dragons and elves, though there were a few of those around back in the day, but stories about the real magic – the messy, frantic, occasionally soul-crushing, but ultimately rewarding world of early game development. I’ve been kicking around this…