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Games are really part of a large economy. They are productivity platforms for goods and services.

That is Gabe Newell speaking at DICE Summit about reinventing gaming as we know it. In his 30 minute keynote he covered a variety of topics including innovating PC input, gaming in the living room, cloud gaming, and the essence of games.

Most coverage has been focused on the many preludes to Valve's SteamBox (or Steamcast if you will), but Valve's use of hardware is merely an extension of Steam into the living room. Their plans appear to be bigger. More

Gabe Newell broke the news (again) today that the Windows 8 “catastrophe” is already driving Valve to the arms of another: namely Linux. This is gonna be good.

Another day, another Kickstarter project. After Tim Schafer's masterful conquering of Kickstarter, it seems everyone has something that needs funding on the crowd-sourcing site. Today we hear from author Neal Stephenson who thinks sword fighting games suck. He wants to change that. The cheeky video also has a nice surprise cameo.

Via The Escapist