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Jake Shapiro's Blog

Games as art bandwagoner. Sometimes I use Twitter.

I blog at A Capital Wasteland.

Member Blogs

What modern sports games tell us about competition in the market  Featured Blogs
Posted by Jake Shapiro on Wed, 05 Dec 2012 03:22:00 EST in Design, Console/PC
A graphical analysis of the last decade of sports video games
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On the advent of "slow games"  Featured Blogs
Posted by Jake Shapiro on Wed, 07 Nov 2012 03:24:00 EST in Indie, Design
Why slowness in modern game design is a good thing.
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Rebooting Samus: The relationship between East and West in game design, through Metroid Prime  Featured Blogs
Posted by Jake Shapiro on Sun, 28 Oct 2012 10:30:00 EDT in Console/PC, Design
An in-depth look at Metroid's mishmash of Japanese and American influence
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"PICK UP THAT CAN!" Storytelling in Half-Life 2  Featured Blogs
Posted by Jake Shapiro on Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:43:00 EDT in Console/PC, Design
Revisiting methods of storytelling in Valve's classic
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Approaching Camera Angles in Sports Games  Featured Blogs
Posted by Jake Shapiro on Sun, 21 Oct 2012 04:38:00 EDT in Design, Console/PC
Game designers of all backgrounds can learn from how sports games grasp with the mechanics they're based on
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Burger King and Serious Advergaming  Featured Blogs
Posted by Jake Shapiro on Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:32:00 EDT in Social/Online, Design
Looking back at an under-appreciated stealth classic that was ahead of its time.
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Jake Shapiro's Comments

Comment In: The 5 biggest disappointments of 2012 [News - 12/11/2012 - 03:48]

Nobody remembered Metroid 's 25th ...

Nobody remembered Metroid 's 25th birthday either :

Comment In: Far Cry 3: What the critics are saying [News - 11/26/2012 - 03:00]

Never got around to playing ...

Never got around to playing Far Cry 2, but after hearing so much about it I picked it up for 17 on Amazon. Excited to play through it before trying 3.

Comment In: There's Something About SWERY [Feature - 10/22/2012 - 04:25]

I waited to read this ...

I waited to read this article until I finally finished the game. Love love loved it.

Comment In: On the advent of "slow games" [Blog - 11/07/2012 - 03:24]

Thanks for the link I ...

Thanks for the link I 'll definitely try them out.

Comment In: Secondhand Deadweight Pirates [Blog - 10/31/2012 - 02:00]

Having lived in a number ...

Having lived in a number of different countries throughout Latin America, it seems like they would be much bigger players in the international gaming community if it weren 't for their domestic games industry running mostly on pirated sales.

Comment In: Why Hotline Miami is an important game [Blog - 10/29/2012 - 04:06]

I 'm on the fence ...

I 'm on the fence about buying this game. On one hand, the fantastic soundtrack and crazy psychological aspects you write about here drive me to want it. On the other hand, it seems almost too easy to make yet another game that makes a statement about violence. The morality ...

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