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Firefall developer Red 5 Studios is taking part in a day-long shutdown to protest SOPA, but it's also putting its money where its mouth is by dropping out of E3 and using the funds to start a gamers' grassroots lobbying organization.

We talked with CEO Mark Kern about the bold move.

A whole bunch of you have been sending in Markus Persson's blog post about the the legal threat from game developer Bethesda over his attempt to name his new game, Scroll.

We've written about Markus, better known as notch, a few times.

Zynga is continuing its shopping spree today with the acquisition of social game developer DNA Games, marking its 14th acquisition in the past 12 months.

This tiny computer could be given to kids for free.

Jay was the first of a whole bunch of you to submit the blog post by indie game developer Markus Persson that's been making the rounds, where he talks about why it's better to give people a reason to buy than to worry about "piracy":

Instead of just relying on guilt tripping pirates into buying, or wasting time and money trying to stop them, I can offer online-only services that actually add to the game experience.

There's no PL content per se in this presentation, but a PL weenie will surely think of a DSL for almost every slide, so I hope posting this is warranted.

Tim Sweeney has written previously on the programming challenges raised by game development (The Next Mainstream Programming Languages: A Game Developer's Perspective), and I think this presentation is another showcase of the huge problems that need solving in game development.

Seminal game developer id Software was purchased by the parent of Bethesda Softworks on Wednesday, marrying two of the most noted PC game developers in the industry.

Game Developer's Conference has come and gone. This year's GDC highlights just how fragmented the industry has become.