The State of the Industry at Edinburgh Interactive Fest

Next Generation is reporting on the Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival, with several interesting articles dealing with talks and events. Margaret Robertson (editor of Edge Magazine) discussed the reality of emotion in games, saying that emotion comes from players and not developers. Brain Training was honored with the Edge Award, beating out some tough competition. Finally, EA's worldwide studios executive VP and COO David Gardner had a keynote with seven predictions for the future, discussing the lack of female gamers and the possibilities that user-created content offer.