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Writer's Guild of America recognizes game writing, announces award
Video game writing is a mixed bag, running the gamut from the thoughtful story and dialogue of Bioshock to "wizard needs food badly." Still, no form of writing should be without its accolades, and it's encouraging to see the Writer's Guild of America finally calling attention to the often-thankless field of writing for video games.The Guild's New Media Caucus has officially announced the Video Game Writing Award, which will first be presented in Los Angeles at the Writer's Guild Awards on February 9, 2008. According to GamesIndustry.biz, the award has been introduced to broaden the Guild's repertoire of acknowledged writing fields, as well as promote awareness of game writing as a craft, and hopefully raise the bar on the quality of game writing as well. No words yet on the nominees, but we can probably make a few guesses.[Via Gay Gamer]
Carnival of Gamers rolls on to Virgin Worlds
Following on from last month's stop at Slashdot, March's Carnival of Gamers brings you a selection of interesting points of view from game bloggers around the Web. From gold farming to EVE Online, with a dash of common sense and fun to go, the Carnival's cross-section of culture never fails to amaze. Bookmark 'em, print 'em out, just make sure they end up on your reading list somewhere.
