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Call of Duty: Ghosts
The first gameplay trailer for Call of Duty: Ghosts has finally been released and we are all very excited and proud to be part of the project supporting Infinity Ward. We can’t wait for you to see all the great content that will be released as we near launch. To stay up to date with Call of Duty: Ghosts news follow @infinityward on Twitter and keep an eye on callofduty.com/ghosts. Official Call [...]
The Games People Play
The cool thing about working at a video game company for over 20 years is that you meet a lot of likeminded nerds who love games as much as you do. And during that time, different games have captured my imagination and I've played them to death. Some of the more notable ones take me years to get out of my system - I'll play them with friends until we [...]
Tough Mudder 2012
On September 8th, a bunch of the meanest, toughest, and brightest minds, including myself, from Raven will be running the Tough Mudder, a 10+ mile endurance challenge in Cascade, WI. If you are not familiar with Tough Mudder, it involves running basically forever, jumping in ice cold water, climbing up massive walls, crawling through the dirtiest of mud, getting electrocuted and much, much more. We are participating in the Tough Mudder [...]
Why We Make Games
I recently found myself thinking about why we make games. Not just why I make games, personally, not why Raven makes games, but why the game industry exists at all and why humans have a need to make games. My thoughts, from the macro to the micro view, went something like this: Basically, games exist to fulfill a need in mankind’s psyche for control over their world. Cause [...]