Each workday morning I will be bringing you the latest events, articles and releases in the independent and mod development communities, as well as any mainstream news that seems pertinent.

Industry Articles:

• Fixing Online Gaming Idiocy: A Psychological Approach - In this humorous yet informative article, Shadowrun developer Bill Fulton examines the causes and solutions to "Fuckwad" gamers and the reason that they should be of concern to game developers--namely, because they can cause a decline in game sales.
  
• Certain Affinity's Hoberman Talks Plunder, Cross-Platform Politics - Gamasutra asks Plunder developer Certain Affinity about their work on the title as well as their Xbox 360 port of the upcoming blockbuster title Left 4 Dead.
• Famous Last Words - IGDA columnist and attorney Jim Charne continues his monthly article with a response to a question about how an indie team should proceed when approached by a game agent wanting to represent the studio.
  
• The Games Game - Tom Sloper answers a question about how to proceed after college to attain a job in the game industry, in this month's installment of his monthly IGDA column.
  

Developer Events

• GDC Job Boards - Gamasutra has opened the doors to its newest developer resource; a job board for companies attending any and all of CMP's "Game Developers Conferences" that take place annually around the world.
  

Game Releases

• Mr. Robot (Indie)
  
• Return to Dark Castle Demo (Indie)
  
• BSG Fleet Commander v.0.3.8 (Mod for Homeworld 2)
  
• Shockwave v0.951 (Mod for C&C: Generals Zero Hour)
  

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