The Screen Savers [03/24/2004]

Make Games for a Living Katie Salen explains the common elements in designing any game, from a simple board game to a technically complex computer game. Salen's book, "Rules of Play," is available online.

Underground P2P Software Kevin shows us the lesser known but sometimes more useful P2P swapping networks.

Today's hosts Your hosts for the show are Leo Laporte and Patrick Norton.

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On This Day In 2001, Apple Computer released its OS X operating system.

Ben Affleck The star of Jersey Girl talks about old-school gaming, file sharing, and moviemaking.

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