Morning Q&As

[Oct 01, 2007, 11:11 am ET] - 5 Comments

Team Fortress 2
Rock, Paper, Shotgun's Team Fortress 2 Q&A is a conversation with Robin Walker and Charlie Brown about Valve's imminent teamplay shooter. Topics include how the TF team hooked up with Valve, the several versions of TF2 they worked on along the way, beta testing, Fortress Forever, and more.
Tarr Chronicles
The Tarr Chronicles Q&A on Gaming Nexus hears from Quasar designer Vyacheslav Bairamov about their space combat game. Topics include its inspirations, the plot, the declining popularity of space shooters, missions, wingmen, ships, and more.
Earth Eternal
The Earth Eternal Q&A on Multiplayer Online Games Directory chats with Matt Mihaly of Iron Realms about their MMORPG, discussing things like their unusual characters, like the Lisian (lizard-person), Bandicoon (raccoon-person), Atavian (falcon-person), and Tusken (boar-person), though no word on the Liger (It's like a lion and a tiger mixed... bred for its skills in magic).
Community Management
VOICES Editorial: Community Management - Is It Really That Tough? on Stratics offers an editorial on the role of Community Managers in games, offering related Q&As with the CMs for EverQuest, Lineage II, and the lead designer for Toon Town.