That’s the title of Teasdale’s presentation, which by the way he delivered at an International Game Developers’ Association (IGDA) meeting last week. So when he said “we aren’t all going to die”, he’s talking about game developers. The rest of us are still definitely going to die. Below is Teasdale’s presentation. It’s a shame it’s filled with adult language, because his message should also be heard by gamers and “market analysts” alike.

Click to View Embedded Video Clip

Yes! America! That’s all well and good for developers, but what this does mean for us gamers? For me, this is yet another sign for us to accept digital downloads as being a significant part of gaming experience, whether we like it or not. Personally I’d rather have a physical copy of my games, and I get depressed thinking of downloading tens of gigabytes with my current Internet connection. I’m also concerned with how publishers will handle ownership of digital games in the future, if and when it becomes the main method of distribution. But my main concern is that if the future of games becomes download only, people like me who have slow Internet connections will be left out even though we have the money to pay for the games. It’s like if the road from my house to the game store suddenly became a factor in my being able to purchase games.

Digital downloads may have many benefits for developers – it combats piracy and eliminates used game sales, costs less to distribute games and it offers a continuous stream of revenue and an opportunity to increase customer loyalty with DLC – I’m just not sure how it will play out for us gamers.

[via GoNintendo]

John Freeborn’s CODE Stickers are perfect for building geek cred with the guy in your rear-view mirror. For just $5 bucks, you’ll get a set of 5 vinyl stickers, including .NET, PHP, CSS, AJAX and good old HTML to cover your bumper or tailgate with. But they look best slapped onto the basket on the front of your Segway.

Java, Python, Ruby and Perl developers need not apply.

[via geekadelphia]

Straight from the horse’s mouth: “We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers’ hands in February. We are excited about creating a vibrant third party developer community around the iPhone and enabling hundreds of new applications for our users.”

The reason for the delay: “It will take until February to release an SDK because we’re trying to do two diametrically opposed things at once—provide an advanced and open platform to developers while at the same time protect iPhone users from viruses, malware, privacy attacks, etc. This is no easy task,” Jobs continues, “We think a few months of patience now will be rewarded by many years of great third party applications running on safe and reliable iPhones.”

I can’t tell you how excited I am that Apple has made this official. The iPhone is such a powerful device, and the fact that it’s been a closed platform up until now has really limited its potential.

Read the full announcement here.