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Darius Kazemi's Blog   Expert Blogs

I like orange. Also, I'm a game developer. I run Orbus Gameworks, where we do nifty things with gameplay metrics. I have a game industry blog called Tiny Subversions where I write about networking (as in meeting people) and other general game industry topics. I am also running for IGDA Board in 2010!

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Combat is Choreography in Assassin's Creed 2  Featured Blogs
Posted by Darius Kazemi on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:19:00 EST in Game Design
Combat in Assassin's Creed 2 is sometimes decried as too easy. I see it as a swashbuckling simulator that affords depth of expression.
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Getting GameMaker to Update Twitter (A Spelunky Example)  Featured Blogs
Posted by Darius Kazemi on Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:14:00 EDT in Programming
This blog post outlines how you can get GameMaker 7 to update Twitter, using Derek Yu's Spelunky as a specific example.
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An Example of Indie Game Patronage  Featured Blogs
Posted by Darius Kazemi on Wed, 06 May 2009 02:07:00 EDT in
In this post, Daniel Benmergui explains how he got a patron to fund his latest game, Today I Die, and I examine Daniel's funding model for his next game: internet patrons donate money and in return they get a unique stamp on his next game.
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Writing a Resume for a Game Company
Posted by Darius Kazemi on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:06:00 EDT in
Whenever I get a resume from a student looking for an internship, I end up giving them an impromptu resume critique. I give the same advice over and over, so I decided to just write it up here!
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Darius Kazemi's Comments

Comment In: Getting GameMaker to Update Twitter (A Spelunky Example) [Blog - 07/06/2009 - 02:14]

Just a note to anyone ...

Just a note to anyone reading this: the solution no longer works now that Twitter requires OAuth to log in to an account.

Comment In: Saboteurs, Smugglers, And Stowaways [Feature - 06/07/2011 - 04:00]

Great article, Jamey. I myself ...

Great article, Jamey. I myself am a fan of these, er, tiny subversions.

Comment In: Acoustic Ecologies: Half-Life 2’s City 17 [Blog - 05/09/2011 - 06:05]

The Source engine s 3D ...

The Source engine s 3D skybox is a 1/16th scale set of buildings that is projected outside of the actual level geometry -- could you explain that in more detail I don't understand and would like to

Comment In: New Community Manager and Comment Posting Guidelines [Blog - 01/25/2011 - 10:27]

Thank you Kyle, and thank ...

Thank you Kyle, and thank you Gamasutra for hiring Kyle to do this work. It's important.

Comment In: GDC China: Playfish On Metrics Vs. Intuition [News - 12/05/2010 - 09:51]

I totally need a new ...

I totally need a new tracksuit w. Thanks, sdifwie

Comment In: In-Depth: Console Hardware Trends In The Bundle Era [News - 11/23/2010 - 10:02]

Is that sales chart for ...

Is that sales chart for 360 hardware in millions of units or millions of dollars of revenue It doesn't specify and I didn't see a place in the article that clarifies it.

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