This game uses a Lua scripting engine and has no sandbox whatsoever. That means [Tamas] can call os.execute, and from there the entire game is over. Or it’s just begun.

New platforms mean new approaches for middleware, and that's exactly what US start up Zipline Games is attempting with its Moai platform. Designed for PC and mobile and cloud-based game development, ...

The most impressive example of script abuse in various multiplayer games is from Garry’s Mod. This game has custom implementation of dangerous functions, restricted file IO, and a proper Lua ...

Unknown Worlds, the developer behind Natural Selection 2 (the good game about aliens fighting marines), have done a nice and are giving away their LUA IDE, Decoda, for free in an open source form ...

The most interesting here is likely “core functionality required for Lua scripting,” which moves the modding tools one step closer to allowing modders to run custom scripts in the game, which ...