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Making Games Look Fun
Oct 18th
Video games are suppose to be fun to play, but what about to watch? A famous name in Japan’s video game culture is Takahashi-meijin who’s special gift is making games look fun. In shooting games, if you want to get high scores, you shoot the enemies as soon as they appear on the screen, but More >
Game Developers Are From Mercury and Marketing Is From Neptune
Sep 20th
One of the big bogeymen in stories that developers tell each other is the “Marketing Department.” The story always ends up the same way, “and then we had to change the game … for the worse.” If you read any developer’s blogs, it is clear that most don’t hold marketing in high esteem. They are More >
Videos that Show Palin is Ready to be VP
Aug 31st
Like many people when I first heard that McCain has chosen Palin to be his VP, I was perplex and thought it was an odd choice. How can he chose someone with so little experience in the area that America needs right now, economics, international relations and fighting terrorism around the globe. After much research, More >
Learning from Alan Kay, 11 years later
Aug 30th
I first saw this video on reddit about a year ago, a famous talk by Alan Kay given about 11 years ago. I’ve watched it many times and each time understanding it a bit more. [googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2950949730059754521[/googlevideo] The first time I watched it, I found his proposal that every object on the internet should have an More >
Why Carmack’s iPhone Visual Tour De Force Will Flop
Aug 7th
Two words, “Battery Life.” I have no doubts about Mr. Carmack’s technical ability. His games defined ‘cutting edge’ graphics on the PC for many years. But even he can’t fight against the biggest weakness of the iPhone, a short battery life. Related posts Why Sky High Development Budget is Good for Publishers (0) The Economic More >
Skynet Will Not Be Created By Man
Aug 4th
“On August 4th, 2024, Skynet will become sentient in one of Amazoogle’s massive data centers. It will seize control of all news and media outlets and people won’t even realize that the machine have taken over.” The fear that Google will create Skynet is overblown. I think if the end comes, it won’t be through More >
Why the Games Industry Needs E3
Jul 19th
Apprently it is news to some people that E3 is dead. I wrote my own eulogy to E3 a couple of month ago, around the time E3 is suppose to take place. The real E3, not whatever just happened last week. E3 was important to the industry because it represented gaming as a “Culture” and More >
Cast of Characters pt 2 : the Broken
Jul 2nd
If you want to work in the games industry, know that it is filled with geeky guys. Be prepared to put up with a certain amount of ‘eccentricities.’ In this series, I offer up a sampling of the types of people you might meet in your journey. Last time I talked about the ‘Burnout’, this More >
Make Better Games by Reducing Interactivity
Jun 29th
Most people believe that interactivity is what separates games from other kinds of media, so how can you make games better by taking away that advantage? Back when we were creating the interface on BioShock, Ken was the one who always pushed for a simpler interface. The main method we used was to remove options More >