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Interview: The Path of Go developers (XBLA)
Nothing says intelligent, timeless strategy like Xbox Live Arcade, right? The Path of Go producer Joaquin Quiñonero Candela is determined to stop people from guffawing at that line when his team introduces this ancient Chinese tactical game to the realm of thumbsticks later this year. Developing Go is a very difficult undertaking, because it has more possible moves than Chess, on the order of 10174. Take that, Deep Blue! Gameplay also involves strange concepts like honor, and a lack of teabagging, which is hard to foist on the gaming community. However, we spent a few moment with the tutorial, and actually learned how Go works for the first time, and promptly had our ass kicked. So they did something right. We sat down with producer Joaquin and programmer Markus Jost at GDC this year to talk about the game, that the process was like, the innovative "Play By Message" feature, and how it was all born out of herd of sheep and a German Shepherd. Read on for the full interview.%Gallery-87790%
GDC08: going baaa-listic for iSheep
Our intention was to type up impressions of all the games in Microsoft's XNA lobby at GDC. However, after witnessing the many "games" on the floor, we decided to settle on iSheep from Twoface Studios. True to its name, iSheep represents the bleeding edge in simulated shepherding technology. Players take control of a dog and are faced with the task of herding sheep into their pen. That's it. Oh, and it has multiplayer in which two dogs attempt to herd the sheep at the same time. We should also mention that it was the best XNA game on display that we saw. Take that for what you will.%Gallery-16424%
