If you know who J.J. Abrams is then you probably aren’t reading this. If not he is the director of this past summers blockbuster Star Trek as well as Mission: Impossible 3 (the good sequel). He helped create Fringe and Lost directing both their pilots. He also was the creator and showrunner [...]

I really don’t have much to say but I wish everyone who visits this site a very Merry Christmas or whatever holiday you like or just a nice Friday if you so wish. Basically “Be Well”.

Not everyone will know who Philip Rosedale is but I bet everyone knows his creation, Second Life. Does everyone else remember the virtual land grab that was going on a few years back? All of the big companies felt that getting a good location in Second Life was essential to their future business [...]

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Ok Adam Savage isn’t in the gaming industry at all. But besides being a Mythbuster he is a very talented Special Effects guy. This talk shows at great length the dedication and strangeness of a creative mind. I wish the game industry had more designers like him sometimes. Too often they [...]

Now I would hope everyone knows who Will Wright is. If not shame on you as he is the creator of Sim City and The Sims and numerous games in-between. Most recently he was the main guy behind Spore. Which was you know a bunch of promise and delivered meh. The [...]

You’ve asked for it so here it is. Well asked is too nice of a word,demanding seems more appropriate somehow. Part three of our epic podcast is as enjoyable as the first two in my opinion and definitely feel it is a fitting end to this year for us here at Bonus Level. [...]

 

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I’ll be honest, I have no idea who Brenda Laurel is. But that doesn’t really matter because she brings up some interesting points in her talk even if it’s a bit outdated. I mean look at her hair. What in the hell was she thinking? If you think about it after [...]

To celebrate the Christmas week, we at Bonus Level are going to share with you some of our favorite Ted talks to get you thinking about what the new year is going to bring us in terms of games and gameplay. Today’s talk is from David Perry the developer behind Enter The Matrix and [...]