Intel processing power was the name of the game at the 2008 Game Developers Conference. With quad core and 8-core muscle “under the hood,” gamers, developers, and graphics folks alike had a chance to see their games supercharged: faster rendering, MMOs running at ultimate speed, and easier ...

The Game Developers Conference is underway this week in San Francisco. The Reboot is dashing around to make sure you get the latest from the show. We’ll be posting a full report in our next episode. For now, check out this interview with Randy Stude of ...

SJ Klein is director of content at the One Laptop Per Child project. The vision of the project is to provide children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment and express themselves. And one such way is through a very inexpensive yet rugged laptop. OLPC is the ...

Apple is finally getting its game on. The company is partnering up with video game giant Electronic Arts and id Software to bring gaming to the Mac platform. The deals were announced during Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ keynote at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, ...

Cell phone manufacturers need mobile games to be available at launch to take full advantage of a mobile phone’s shelf life. ARM has released a software development kit designed to enable game developers to help reduce time-to-market for mobile games. In this podcast from the 2007

In this mash-up montage from the Game Developers Conference, a number of companies discuss the advantages of using Intel Dual-Core and Quad-Core Processors.

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Intel was showing off the power of its Quad-Core processors at the 2007 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Some of the biggest PC games were playable at Intel’s booth, including Crysis, Hellgate: London and Company of Heroes. PodTech’s Rio Pesino and Intel’s Randy Stude discuss ...

Video game physics, animation and visual effects are very important aspects in creating a realistic and fun gaming experience. Havok is one company that enhances that experience, providing game developers with a modular suite of tools that allows them to reach new standards in realism and interactivity in their ...

Middleware firm Emergent Game Technologies launched its new set of game development tools, named Emergent Elements, at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Emergent’s technology has been used in a number of popular video games, including The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Sid Meier’s Civilization ...

SoftImage, is known for its character creation and effects tools used by animators and digital artists in the film, broadcast, and video game industries. The company’s software has been used in games created by companies including Electronic Arts and Capcom, as well as films such as

At the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Sun Microsystems announced its plans to enter the online gaming realm. In this podcast, PodTech’s Rio Pesino speaks with Sun’s Chris Melissinos, Seth Proctor and Jonathan Kaplan about its open source, online game server platform, Project Darkstar, which is ...

Thousands of game artists, animators, programmers and others were at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, hoping to land their dream job of working for a video game company. Despite the fact that there are gaming gigs out there, actually landing the job is a difficult task. PodTech’s ...

Sony unveiled its new “Home” service for the Playstation 3 at the Game Developers Conference this week. The 3D online avatar-based world will allow PS3 users to chat, share content, shop and join games online. PodTech’s Rio Pesino spoke with Sony’s Al DeLeon about some of the key features of ...

Thousands of people in the videogame industry are expected to meet in San Francisco this week for the Game Developers Conference. The five-day event will feature keynote speeches, workshop sessions and panel discussions. Companies including Sony, Intel and Microsoft are attending this year’s show. PodTech’s Rio Pesino spoke with Conference Manager Jane Pinckard about the event and whether its trying to be the new E3, which used to be gaming’s biggest expo.

Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz and Intel CEO Paul Otellini took the stage in San Francisco Monday to announce a new alliance. Listen here for the audio of the entire presentation and the Q&A session.

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Guest: Jonathan Schwartz - Sun
Guest: Paul Otellini - Intel

Jonathan Schwartz - Sun

PlayStation 3 (PS3) info has come down the pike in pieces but one thing we know now is that the new vision from Sony is to create a platform for video game development. That’s not really news–Sony revealed its plans back at the Game Developers Conference. At E3 the main ...

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March 24, 2006 - NVIDIA sits down with top game developers at the 2006 Game Developers Conference to discuss the latest PC games, Windows Vista, and NVIDIA GPUs. Please visit http://nvidia.com/windowsvista for more information.

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