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Defining an Indie Game Developer 99

Posted by Soulskill from the bigger-than-a-breadbox dept.
NinjaBee Games writes "A continual debate rages about the nature of making independent games. 'What is Indie game development?' This argument endures throughout the year, but it's almost never heard louder than right after the announcement of finalists or winners of an Indie game development contest. The debate currently is in full swing after Microsoft's recent announcement that they will be changing the name of the Xbox Live Community Games section to Xbox Live Indie Games. In light of this important debate, Brent Fox of Indie developer NinjaBee has written a blog post in which he claims he has finally found the 'clear and undeniable' definition of Indie."

Comment Wireframe (Score 1) 320

by plut4rch (#28016883) Attached to: A History of 3D Cards From Voodoo To GeForce
I remember my old Acorn Electron. Elite in black and white wireframe graphics - it was fantastic. The first graphics card I actually bought on its own was a 3D Prophet 4000XT 64MB, which I still have in my parts box. I think I still have a Rage from my old G3 Mac lying around too, and the G3 and G4 I still have still contain their Rage and GeForce 2MX respectively, and still work perfectly.

Comment Re:Not involving tritium? (Score 1) 355

by plut4rch (#27929599) Attached to: Ultra-Dense Deuterium Produced
That is true. However, most of the Tritium produced in the DD reaction would be burned off before leaving the reactor. This means that the advanced Tritium handling facilities of JET, for example are not required. This does make it 'cleaner' in a way, and means that the tritium is not 'involved' in the reaction per se - it kinda... appears in the reaction and most of it goes away afterwards. I think this is what is being implied here - no tritium is needed to start the reaction, nor are the handling facilities needed. DD is much cheaper than a DT reaction. However, DT is better for power production, and commercial fusion reactors will probably use the DT fuel mix. ITER will be running DT, and JET set its record with a DT mix, and will probably run more DT experiments in the future. Most reactors run DD however, because of its cost advantages, it's a little cleaner due to the lack of tritium handling required, and is useful for simulations.

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