NewGameProjects.net - Would like some participation in the polls so we can get a storyboard started. Are there users with storyboards or games that they have begun on put on the back burner? Feel free to post in the forums and get others to help develop your game.

GameDev.net - Monday 29th, June Microsoft is giving away a free download of the Thriller music video to honour Michael Jackson, Mass Effect 2 won't let you replay the game with a levelled-up character, Battlefield 1943 comes out real soon now, and THQ thinks that canning projects and firing people en masse improves those that are left. Here are some more Starcraft 2 details. The troubled Aliens RPG project has been finally officially shelved. There's some more information about the id Software acquisition by ZeniMax from Carmack himself; John Romero doesn't like it one bit. read more...

Gamasutra.com - The NPD says the number of female gamers in the audience is up year over year -- "significantly" on consoles, and seeing a boost in outlying core segments like "heavy" portable users and "extreme" gamers. read more...

IGDA.org - Was reading through some of the forum posts made by other IGDA users and stumbled across Game Design 101 from Sloperama.com. Very good read.