[GameSetLinks is GameSetWatch's daily link round-up post, culling from hundreds of weblogs and outlets to compile the most interesting longform writing, links, and criticism on the art and culture of video games.]

Starting out the week with a fresh set of GameSetLinks, and nice to see the UK Guardian go out and about to check out some of Scotland's more interesting indie developers - still a fun scene going on there, even if the alleged Crackdown 2 is so much haggis.

Also in here - the Forbes cover profile of Activision's Bobby Kotick, alongside Arc System Works analysis, another Mega64 video, Broken Toys on the adjacent history of Tabula Rasa, and more besides.

Cha cha cha:

Tag Games and the wonder of iPhone | Technology | guardian.co.uk
Really interesting discussion on what small developers can do - iPhone, XBLA, WiiWare all come up, but the volume of product coming through those must be getting crowded soon, right? It's still awesomely open.

selectbutton :: View topic - Useless Gaming Trivia: Star Control vs Little Witches
I knew about this game, but didn't know it re-used Unholy War enemies - totally weird! [Via TC]

Subatomic Brainfreeze: Talking back to Arc System Works WITH A WALL OF TEXT
Some good analysis of the recentGamasutra Arc System Works interview.

Activision's Unlikely Hero - Forbes.com
Notable because Kotick is on the cover of Forbes with a Guitar Hero axe, grinning demonically. (I believe I provided some background to the journalist for this piece, but did NOT tell him Rock Band was a 'shameless knockoff', sigh.)

Mega64 » Archive » Metaphors
On 1UP/EGM, and yes, very metaphorical (also, the dog is cute, and only acting.)

Broken Toys » Perspectives
Scott Jennings on NCSoft/Tabula Rasa and his own experiences there - just interesting from an honest inside game development perspective, really.