And part three of the Thursday gaming news:
Kiki Wolfkill, longtime Halo veteran and head of Xbox Film and TV, has left Microsoft after nearly 30 years
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/kiki-wolfkill-longtime-halo-veteran-and-head-of-xbox-film-and-tv-has-left-microsoft-after-nearly-30-years/
Some gamers are going full conspiracy theory over Pragmata's path tracing vs ray tracing debate, so I've donned my tin foil hat and taken a look
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/graphics-cards/some-gamers-are-going-full-conspiracy-theory-over-pragmatas-path-tracing-vs-ray-tracing-debate-so-ive-donned-my-tin-foil-hat-and-taken-a-look/
Fallout: New Vegas dev says it could've been set in New Orleans because 'the vibe was so cool, the flavor was cool, [it would've been] so sweet'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/fallout-new-vegas-dev-says-it-couldve-been-set-in-new-orleans-because-the-vibe-was-so-cool-the-flavor-was-cool-it-wouldve-been-so-sweet/
>> He’s a little someone you may have heard of, Chris Avellone, who also said that Bethesda had a whole powerpoint of all the things Obsidian did wrong with New Vegas (link).
Fallout co-creator says non-linear design is all about never assuming how players will act, illustrates his point by fantasising about an NPC guard he seems to really hate
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fallout/fallout-co-creator-says-non-linear-design-is-all-about-never-assuming-how-players-will-act-illustrates-his-point-by-fantasising-about-an-npc-guard-he-seems-to-really-hate/
>> It’s Tim Cain, just to be clear.
Behaviour Interactive lays off more people as 'demand for mobile and casual external development projects has declined'
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/behaviour-interactive-lays-off-more-people-as-demand-for-mobile-and-casual-external-development-projects-has-declined/
Alice creator American McGee says he was inspired by a Valve demo he saw while working on Quake 2
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/alice-creator-american-mcgee-says-he-was-inspired-by-a-valve-demo-he-saw-while-working-on-quake-2/
Please excuse my bad English.
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Current gaming PC: R5-7600, 32GB RAM 6000MT/s (CL30) and a RX 9060XT 16GB
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