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Andre Gagne's Blog

An aspiring graduate student of game design at Simon Fraser University.

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Death by a thousand cuts: an analysis of combat in Final Fantasy 13  Featured Blogs
Posted by Andre Gagne on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:39:00 EDT in Game Design
A quick summary of my feelings and observations on FF13's combat
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An Actual Heuristic Analysis of Mass Effect 2  Featured Blogs
Posted by Andre Gagne on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:10:00 EST in Game Design
My previous blog post seemed to have been interpreted as a heuristic analysis. In this one I perform an actual heuristic analysis and offer up my own edition of the scanning system.
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An addition to game interface heuristics  Featured Blogs
Posted by Andre Gagne on Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:26:00 EST in Game Design
In this post I will humbly offer a simple heuristic for improving control schemes in video games.
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Andre Gagne's Comments

Comment In: Riccitiello Talks Turning EA Around, Old Republic's Prospects [News - 02/15/2011 - 07:09]

Tabula rasa tried to minimize ...

Tabula rasa tried to minimize grind, they failed...

Comment In: Analyst: Wary EA Investors 'Betting Against' SWTOR [News - 01/24/2011 - 11:26]

The solo players will usually ...

The solo players will usually quit once they've burned through the single player content it's called churn . People playing in groups are repeat customers social forces keeping them in . You don't get 12 million active players by solo content alone...

Comment In: Turbine: Lord of the Rings Online Revenues Tripled As Free-To-Play Game [News - 01/06/2011 - 05:11]

Good point, Not to try ...

Good point, Not to try and put down Turbine but tripling is a lot easier if you weren't making that much to begin with... As to whether or not they're at the point of sustainability or profit is more interesting to me... What about churn or return rates of players

Comment In: Study Finds Violent Media Exposure Doesn't Predict Childhood Aggression [News - 12/17/2010 - 06:18]

Parents and Politicians love having ...

Parents and Politicians love having a scapegoat for their poor parenting skills and the situations they're forced to bring up children in. It's the whole blame someone else before someone blames us, which we should although I'm more inclined to blame politicians and mass media/news corporations than individual parents .

Comment In: Analysis: Are Spike TV’s VGAs Good For Gaming? [News - 12/15/2010 - 03:13]

As a result it ends ...

As a result it ends up deciding what is masculine and pushing it upon males aged 18-35. So lots of T A, Porn references and objectifying women and strangely Star Trek the next generation

Comment In: Chevrolet, Samsung Deals Bring Kinect Players Free DLC [News - 12/14/2010 - 04:16]

I'm of mixed minds about ...

I'm of mixed minds about this, I see what Joshua is saying, but at the same time how does this allow the video game industry to grow beyond the perception that what we purvey is no more than the toys you would get with happy meals Is that all we ...

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