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	<title>A Hardy Developer&#039;s Journal - as written by indie adventure game developers &#187; Ben Chandler</title>
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		<title>Ben304′s Chat-Couch INTERVIEW with Konstantinos &#8220;Gnome&#8221; Dimopoulos</title>
		<link>http://www.hardydev.com/2011/11/25/ben304%e2%80%b2s-chat-couch-interview-with-konstantinos-gnome-dimopoulos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Chandler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HM. Dr. Konstantinos &#8220;Gnome&#8221; Dimopoulos, Grand Commissar of the Soviet Gnomic Monarchy not only writes for his own Gnome&#8217;s Lair, he also regularly writes about Gaming on the Go and hunts for Retro Treasures, as well as countless other projects. He is an unswaying retronaut, an energetic promoter of the obscure, forgotten and remarkable in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best AGS Games of 2010 Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.hardydev.com/2011/02/22/best-ags-games-of-2010-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 23:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew Wellman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, it&#8217;s time to look back on the games of yesteryear and give the best ones shiny digital trophies. The annual AGS Awards are coming up shortly and the nominees were recently announced, so let&#8217;s take a look at the contenders for Best Game Created With AGS in 2010. Hopefully, you&#8217;ll be more informed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ben304&#8242;s Chat-Couch INTERVIEW with Sebastian Pfaller</title>
		<link>http://www.hardydev.com/2010/06/19/ben304s-chat-couch-interview-with-sebastian-pfaller/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Chandler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sebastian &#8220;Mellotron Stew&#8221; Pfaller has worked not only with me on a number of games making music, but also provided music and testing for such popular adventure games such as The Vaccuum and Death Wore Endless Feathers Disk 1. His quirky, colourful musical style is an ever changing kaleidoscope of ideas and experimentation and here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look Elseweb #003: MAGS OROM &amp; MORE</title>
		<link>http://www.hardydev.com/2010/05/05/look-elseweb-003-orom-mags/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 23:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last month was really busy for me and in consequence I didn&#8217;t read that much of the Internet, play that much of Internet, or even watch that much of Internet. So my latest choice of links is smaller than usual, but the linked texts/places/situations are all the best kind of April crop (ignore the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter&#8217;s Shadow &#8211; Official Trailer</title>
		<link>http://www.hardydev.com/2010/03/18/winters-shadow-official-trailer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hardydev.com/2010/03/18/winters-shadow-official-trailer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Chandler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ed. Note: Before starting to create Winter&#8217;s Shadow, Ben Chandler has written for us a 4-part series of game design articles Design Taught in Pitfalls]]></description>
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		<title>AGS Best Games of 2009 Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.hardydev.com/2010/02/18/ags-best-games-of-2009-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hardydev.com/2010/02/18/ags-best-games-of-2009-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew Wellman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Awards are nice. They make people feel special for receiving them and make other feel important for giving them. I&#8217;m sure we can all agree that awarding a group as noble as indie adventure game developers with digital trophies is the least we can do to thank them for their contributions to our pleasure. One [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Idealist&#8217;s Way: Developing Your Dream Game</title>
		<link>http://www.hardydev.com/2010/01/16/idealists-way-develop-your-dream-game/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hardydev.com/2010/01/16/idealists-way-develop-your-dream-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Richards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst Ben Chandler and the like are consistently getting game development just right, there is the rest of us, me included, getting it just about completely wrong – or are we? And are we that different from Mr Chandler? This article, in short, will try to explain why trying to make your first project huge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Design Taught in Pitfalls #4: When do I Stop?</title>
		<link>http://www.hardydev.com/2010/01/12/design-taught-in-pitfalls-4-when-do-i-stop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hardydev.com/2010/01/12/design-taught-in-pitfalls-4-when-do-i-stop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Chandler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, you&#8217;ve got a whole lot done on your game, graphics are looking how you want and you&#8217;ve got some puzzles you really like. But hang on a minute, how do you know when your game is done? There&#8217;s always going to be moments when you go &#8220;I could just add a bit more on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Design Taught in Pitfalls #3: The Long Haul</title>
		<link>http://www.hardydev.com/2009/12/12/design-taught-in-pitfalls-3-the-long-haul/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hardydev.com/2009/12/12/design-taught-in-pitfalls-3-the-long-haul/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Chandler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh yeah, here&#8217;s the hard part. Ask anyone who has ever built a game and I am sure they&#8217;ll agree that this is where it stops being exciting and starts requiring some real determination. The honeymoon is over, the initial glory of your incredible idea has worn off and you&#8217;re left looking at your &#8216;to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Design Taught in Pitfalls #2: Taking The Plunge</title>
		<link>http://www.hardydev.com/2009/11/25/design-taught-in-pitfalls-2-taking-the-plunge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hardydev.com/2009/11/25/design-taught-in-pitfalls-2-taking-the-plunge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Chandler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting a game is easy. It&#8217;s really easy &#8211; so easy that we often jump in before we&#8217;ve thought about it. But we&#8217;ve already covered thinking about it beforehand, so assuming you paid some attention back there, we&#8217;re ready to look at the next step. There are probably a million things running through my head [...]]]></description>
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