Now that the Game Developers Conference 2008 has come and gone, we here at Ripten are taking a look back on the past week using the magical art of photography. Hippity-hop to check out the gallery.

Our very first installment of Ripten Radio sums up the high (and sometimes low) points from this years Game Developers Conference. This particular edition features the following Ripten super studs: Dan “90%” Landis, Jon “as seen on Ripten TV” Zungre, Emily “like a banshee” Balistrieri, and myself — for the purpose of this event known [...]

“Sorry about that. I’m a bit nervous so I just broke out into song,” joked Masahiro Sakurai, the designer of the Smash Bros. series, after regaling us with a few bars of the chanting trailer soundtrack. He gave an in-depth and very articulate look at the process of developing the latest installment’s character roster. The [...]

Our second installment of Ripten TV highlights the Star Wars Force Unleashed GDC session hosted by Haden Blackman. The presentation outlined many aspects of the teams growth as well as the struggles and successes during the development of the game. Have at our impressions after the jump.

Dave Jones Roxxorz our Soxxorz with APB Well, I have to admit that I’m a little high off of that presentation. Dave Jones is a breath of fresh air for MMO design and it tastes good. He had a lot to say, and said it with strong belief. To find out what Dave (from the [...]

As you may have noticed, Day Three exploits are going up a little later than usual. Unfortunately, we had a run-in with the Blaznatz chewing up our bandwidth, so we were unable to get a good connection. Damn him and his chainsaw bayonet… We’ve decided to combine our day three info with day four, which [...]

Takao Sawano, who works at Nintendo with Shigeru Miyamoto, gave a great lecture on how Wii Fit came to be– it turns out it was “in the center of Miyamoto’s brain as a concept even before the console was released.”

I heart Havok’s ragdoll physics and now they’re even better. Check out a video of their new tech after the jump.

Host Andy Schatz said of the indie game development scene, “The weather here is just fine,” and added that being an indie developer is not (always) just another stop on the road to the big time. To prove it, he presented awards for the finest indie games of last year as selected by a jury [...]

The View From the Front Row Chad just phoned me from the front row of the Microsoft keynote at GDC 08 where the word seems to be that Gears of War 2 will be officially announced at the end of the keynote.

Unlike most sequels, the Game Developers Conference Day 2 did not suck. The Ripten crew actually did stuff today! Amazing!

If you had ever wondered what it would be like to meet up with a bunch of nerds and go to the Game Developer’s Conference, then wonder no more. We’re here to walk you through the ins, outs, and slightly-to-the-lefts of GDC day one.

With GDC just around the corner, the rumour mill is running at full speed. Normally most of these rumours turn out to be nothing more than falsities or let downs, but this one seems to be carrying some weight.

If you are a little bummed out about not being able to attend this years GDC, and you happen to be an XBL subscriber, you’re in luck.

According to a certain Nelson’s twitter profile, a conspicuous update hints at a special mid-week podcast, something that may turn out to be a major announcement from Microsoft’s gaming division. Conveniently enough, it’s happening right before GDC.