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Silva reviews Dishwasher, falls short of expectations

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2008-09-03 21:30:00 by Dustin Burg in Xbox 360 Fanboy
...Silva, The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai creator who figured he'd do his own review of his own game. But before you scream "bias!", understand that most every developer is an honest soul (it's true). This developer honesty can be seen in Silva's review of The Dishwasher , where he gives his own game 1 out of 10, calling it "a mess" admitting that...
 
 
 
 
 
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X3F interviews James Silva, creator of Dishwasher: Dead Samurai

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2008-02-27 13:30:00 by Richard Mitchell in Xbox 360 Fanboy
...Silva , creator of Dishwasher: Dead Samurai and Microsoft's new poster child for XNA Community Games. We managed to catch up with James during the conference and ask him how things have changed since the last time we spoke. We also discussed just how James feels about Peter Molyneux and whether or not he's still considering the "Pulling a...
 
 
 
 
 
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James Silva's ZSX4 Guitarpocalypse now on Community Games

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2008-11-26 12:45:00 by Richard Mitchell in Xbox 360 Fanboy
...Silva is one busy guy. First he creates The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai (which is coming "soon" ), then he writes a book about how to make an XNA game, and now he's gone and created another game. To be specific, he's created a new Community Game called (ahem) Zombie Smashers X4 Guitarpocalypse . If you're hoping that we'll be able to explain the...
 
 
 
 
 
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GDC08: The man behind The Dishwasher

2008-02-22 11:45:00 by Dustin Burg in Xbox 360 Fanboy
 
...Silva's The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai has been overwhelmingly positive. And rightfully so After our Fancast chat with James a few months back, we knew he was onto something and were confident that trusty Silva wouldn't let us down. During that same Fancast we learned a little bit about The Dishwasher 's history, where the idea came from and...
 
 
 
 
 
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Trend watch: Following Molyneux, Dishwasher dev reviews own game

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2008-09-05 01:00:00 by Alexander Sliwinski in Joystiq
...Silva, took the opportunity to review his own game before its release. Silva declares that it's inexcusable for his game to have 2D graphics. 2D is "by definition" not HD and is "completely inadequate at capturing our imaginations." He also notes there are glaring omissions from the game like Blades of Chaos, a reasonably sized manskirt,...
 
 
 
 
 
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Your XNA questions answered

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2008-02-25 22:08:48 by Jason Hill in Screen Play
...Silva from the United States, "Dishwasher" has a unique, highly stylized look and fast and fluid action TriLinea." This puzzle game created by Edison S. Prata Jr., Renato Pelizzari da Silva and Davi da Silva Prata from Brazil mixes fast-paced action with strategy RocketBall." Created by Tyler Wanlass, Patrick Murty and Todd Barrons of the...
 
 
 
 
 
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Console makers look to the Little Guys for new material

2008-06-25 15:09:16 by michelewhite in Adrenaline Vault
 
...Silva felt destined to be a video game designer. Conquering space or politics might have been easier. Besides a good idea, game developers have needed a distribution deal to get their work on consoles like the Xbox or PlayStation. Over the years, the industry has been shrinking to a handful of big players that use large teams of in-house...
 
 
 
 
 
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Bloody good Dishwasher: Dead Samurai screens

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2008-02-07 10:45:00 by Dustin Burg in Xbox 360 Fanboy
...Silva's development blog and some rather new Dishwasher: Dead Samurai screenshots . We do admit that they are a few weeks old, but in the grand scheme of an entire development cycle, these images are only lightly browned bananas of screenshot nourishment. High in potassium and hella' delicious. We say good job to you Mr. ( XNA all-star )...
 
 
 
 
 
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X3F Week in Review: February 22, 2008 - February 28, 2008

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2008-02-28 00:00:00 by Richard Mitchell in Joystiq
...Silva ( Dishwasher: Dead Samurai ) and Bill Dugan ( Schizoid ). We've also got a new episode of X3F TV, in which we take a look at the upcoming Sacred 2 . On top of all that, we even have some coverage of WonderCon. And if that's not enough for you, we're also holding daily Fanswag giveaways all the way through next week. Check X3F every...
 
 
 
 
 
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X3F Week in Review: February 22, 2008 - February 28, 2008

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2008-02-28 18:15:00 by Richard Mitchell in Xbox 360 Fanboy