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Hey! Welcome to my blog. I love video games, and am very interested in the design and creation of them. I love games that make you think, as well as thinking about games. I hope you find my blog interesting, and come back for more! |
Member Blogs
RPG Storytelling - The Unmet Potential  |
| Posted by Dylan Woodbury on Sat, 27 Aug 2011 12:47:00 EDT in
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| RPGs have been telling the same generic story with the same dull characters for 30 years now. But RPGs have the greatest potential for being art, speaking of life and the human condition, and addressing serious issues. How we can revitalize the genre. |
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Defining the Art of Video Games |
| Posted by Dylan Woodbury on Tue, 08 Mar 2011 05:00:00 EST in
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| Often is the question asked: Can games be art? Most arguments COMPLETELY miss the point of video games and the point of art. Underneath it all: what is the purpose of games that all designers should have in mind while setting out on a new project? |
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Emphasis on Storytelling in Horror Games |
| Posted by Dylan Woodbury on Tue, 11 Jan 2011 04:45:00 EST in
Design
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| Horror games have forever suffered from weak or nonexistant stories, boring characters with cliche motivations, the exact same setting with the exact same enemies... it is time for a change. What we can learn from other forms of horror of mature mediums. |
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Some Things We Want From the New Decade of Gaming |
| Posted by Dylan Woodbury on Wed, 05 Jan 2011 09:35:00 EST in
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| Some things we want to see from games in the next ten years, things that will advance games as an art and as an entertainment medium. Moving past some of the major annoyances of the last 30 years. Write your list below! |
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Designing Better Enemies |
| Posted by Dylan Woodbury on Fri, 31 Dec 2010 01:25:00 EST in
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| How to design your enemies to give your player the most satisfaction as possible. The stories we can tell and the things we can do with more interesting enemies, and how we can use them to impact the player the way we want. |
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Evolution of Entertainment: From Superman and Pong |
| Posted by Dylan Woodbury on Mon, 27 Dec 2010 08:31:00 EST in
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| The parallel trends seen in the comic book and video game industry. Both have followed a very similar path, and by looking back, when can see what tomorrow's games will be. Maybe in ten years, us gamers will be playing our Citizen Kane of games. |
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Comment In: Rockstar's Houser: 'Art' Is Irrelevant, We Make Enjoyable Games [News - 11/18/2011 - 05:19]
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You don't have to always ... You don't have to always strive for art, but making games that are deeply meaningful to people is important too. I don't see why we can't have it both ways. |
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Comment In: To Kill a Mass Effecting 2 Bird [Blog - 11/15/2011 - 11:42]
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Yeah, I did something similar ... Yeah, I did something similar to this about 6 months ago with a bunch of cheap/esteemed games from early on this generation. I got about half-way through about all of them, and no longer have the motivation to complete them Ugh. Just a word of caution haha. |
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Comment In: RPG Storytelling - The Unmet Potential [Blog - 08/27/2011 - 12:47]
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Thank you for clearing the ... Thank you for clearing the confusion. You make some great points on how action-RPGs are allowing the player more options, which can be very engrossing fans of Bethesda are some of the most hardcore/dedicated gamers out there, and could probably draw a map of the wasteland from memory . But ... |
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Comment In: Turning Nintendo: The Donkey Kong Country Returns Interview [Feature - 05/30/2011 - 04:20]
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Am still playing the game ... Am still playing the game on co op , and I really wish it came out before New Super Mario Bros Wii. Maybe the Mario team could have taken some good notes with regards to co-op for their game the bumping into each other drove me INSANE - something I ... |
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Comment In: Games as Art?: The Play's the Thing [Blog - 03/10/2011 - 05:15]
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Wow, that's funny, I posted ... Wow, that's funny, I posted a blog just a couple days ago on the same exact topic through gamasutra too - that games are art through the gameplay. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/DylanWoodbury/20110308/7167/Defining the Art of Video Games.php I feel it is an important topic that we really need to decide on within our ... |
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Comment In: Defining the Art of Video Games [Blog - 03/08/2011 - 05:00]
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I found the syntax and ... I found the syntax and abstract nature of your comment I guess you are saving specifics and examples for your blog post confusing, but I think you are trying to say that we cannot say that games can be art because we are still confused on the defenition of game ... |
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