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With nearly 30 years in game development and a career spent crafting unique gaming experiences like Deus Ex and Epic Mickey, Warren Spector has been chosen to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 12th annual Game Developers Choice Awards. More »
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I'm back from a vacation in Istanbul where the wonders of an iPad and a Wi-Fi connection allowed me to download and read all of last week's 13 big new DC Comics series. More »
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Ever Wednesday there are new comics in comics shops and available for (legitimate) download. But there aren't new Alan Moore comics, every Wednesday, so this one is special! More »
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There are new comics in the comics shops every Wednesday, but some of those comics are not worth your money. As always, I have recommendations about which comics—physical ones and digital ones—you should consider buying. You're welcome! More »
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Aside from perhaps Nintendo, there are few video game studios that have ever been home to so many of the industry's best and brightest as Looking Glass managed. More »
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Proving his deep love for classic Disney characters in Epic Mickey, acclaimed video game creator Warren Spector takes on Disney's first feathered family as the writer for BOOM! Studios' DuckTales comic book. Will he solve a mystery, or rewrite history? More »
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A common criticism of Disney's Epic Mickey (made by Totilo in his review, too) concerns the game's flawed camera view. Warren Spector, the game's designer, says the problem is the game bridges two styles that use fairly standard angles. More »
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Mickey Mouse is no Super Mario. He's the star of a more unusual kind of game on the Nintendo Wii, a game that starts poorly but finishes as one of the best hero stories of the year. More »
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Artist Len Peralta commemorates this week's release of Epic Mickey by adding creator Warren Spector to his "Geek a Week" collectible card art project. Check out more art and a podcast interview with Spector at the "Geek a Week" website. More »
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There are a lot of things to love about upcoming Wii exclusive Disney Epic Mickey. Among my short list? That the game's creators were able to mine Disney's 80 years of history to make the game. More »
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Disney Interactive Studios started out as a small Disney arm that mainly churned out licensed games for kids. Today, it's a major game player. The man that made that happen is leaving the company. More »
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According to Warren Spector, it isn't the story of Epic Mickey that's important; it's how you relate to the story. More »
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Here's something interesting: how would Warren Spector, of Deus Ex and Epic Mickey fame, go about making a Legend of Zelda title? Spector himself explains. More »
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Your journey into the Wasteland alongside Warren Spector's take on Mickey Mouse kicks off on November 30 in North America, if you have a Wii. More »
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With the power of video games enabling us, we've been able to make James Bond a klutz and Darth Vader a hero, but who expected that Disney would allow us to make Mickey Mouse a selfish, dangerous jerk? More »
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Here for your enjoyment is the full, nearly 7-minute long opening cinematic sequence for upcoming Wii game, Disney Epic Mickey. More »
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I really wish Disney Epic Mickey was just a platformer. More »
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Famed games developer Warren Spector (Deus Ex), has warned the video game industry to tread very carefully, lest it end up as niche and marginalised as he thinks comic books are. More »
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From Deus Ex to Mickey Mouse to...Duck Tales? It may seem an unlikely career path, but it's the dream for Deus Ex creator Warren Spector. More »
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At this year's E3 gaming expo, Epic Mickey designer Warren Spector got the chance to meet Shigeru Miyamoto. And he was totally gobsmacked. Figurative drool was involved! More »
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Disney's Epic Mickey is only coming to the Wii, but a newly announced pair of comic book projects based on the game will bring Mickey's adventures to other platforms, including paper, PSP and the iPhone. More »
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Warren Spector, who knows more about Mickey Mouse's ears and video game creation than I do, thinks Epic Mickey has a shot. More »
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This holiday, Mickey Mouse game Epic Mickey is tapping into 80 years of Disney history to set a new tone and direction for everybody's favorite mouse, Mickey. More »
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In 1998, Stanford University's Henry Lowood began preserving video games and video game artifacts. Lowood, along with a four member committee, has announced a game canon, for the Library of Congress. Japan begs to differ. More »
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The edgier, more epic Mickey Mouse adventure coming to the Wii later this year is also making the leap to print. Don't just play Disney's Epic Mickey project... read it! More »
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Warren Spector, creator of Deus Ex, isn't letting the fact he no longer has access to the series stop him from dreaming up more games in the series. Well, maybe not series. "Series". More »
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Speaking with game designer Warren Spector earlier this week, he told Kotaku that Disney Epic Mickey is currently a one-platform game. That means that while it's headed for the Wii, there aren't even plans for a DS version. More »
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No decisions have been made, but Disney Epic Mickey designer Warren Spector has his way we'll be seeing a lot more than a game coming out of the concept behind the moralistic reimagining of Walt Disney's most beloved character. More »
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When Disney Epic Mickey hits the Wii next fall it won't rely on the console's latest technology to deliver its visionary experience. More »
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Game Informer's keeping a steady stream of Epic Mickey articles coming between its November 2009 reveal issue and its online supplements. This article takes a look at character design and art. More »
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Any lingering doubts that Warren Spector's new Disney game Epic Mickey was bound for the Wii? Didn't think so. But if you're wondering if it will also be coming to, well, anything else, here's your unfortunate answer. More »
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It should come as little surprise that Warren Spector and his Junction Point development studio have been working on Epic Mickey, a game half-revealed by rumor, concept art and sparse details. But now it's official. More »
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Normally, we wouldn't pick at the edges of such a translucent title, but this one's super-interesting, so we're picking: CVG say they have some details on Warren Spector's Disney game. More »
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So it looks like Warren Spector's Junction Point Studios are working on a Disney game code-named "Epic Mickey". The concept art looks amazing, but we still have questions. Like what platform is it for? More »
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Late last year, Gamasutra said they'd heard of a game Warren Spector (Deus Ex) was working on with Disney. Said it was a "steampunk" title. Looks like they were right on the money. More »
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A small group of journalists and developers were invited to sit in an informal lunch discussion with some of the biggest names in the gaming industry today. More »
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Game designer Warren Spector, of Thief, Deus Ex and System Shock fame, may have a new muse in Mickey Mouse. A report from Gamasutra says Spector's working on a "steampunk"-styled game currently codenamed Epic Mickey. More »
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Warren Spector keeps a tidy blog. Sometimes, he even updates it. He did so yesterday, in fact, letting the world know what he's up to now he's working with the chaps at Disney. No firm details on just what it is, but even this vague suggestion is enough to set our short, stubby tongues wagging: More »
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Chatting at the Game Education Summit in Dallas, Warren Spector has spoken out over lengthy single-player games, questioning their place in today's market. More »
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