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Comment In: 'I think most game designers really just suck' - Richard Garriott [News - 03/20/2013 - 05:30]

Based on the article and ...

Based on the article and M. Garriot 's comment, I still see a missing variable: what 's resulting in a good or bad game design r nIs it commercial success Fan base Is it innovation r n r nSure, taking a working game and adding/changing three or four game mechanisms ...

Comment In: Could a 'pilot program' for episodic games actually work? [News - 03/11/2013 - 06:08]

Ever heard of SiN Episodes ...

Ever heard of SiN Episodes r nIt was supposed to be episodic content to reboot the SiN franchise. They launched their first episode, Emergence in 2006. While the game was okay, it wasn 't the game of the year. Later, the company got sold, they made a last patch to ...

Comment In: 'Survival horror' market too small for Resident Evil, says Capcom producer [News - 03/22/2012 - 04:00]

For my part, I wouldn ...

For my part, I wouldn 't put the horror in the problem, but more the survival part. r nIn my opinion, while it is a niche of some sort, Survival games are not a bad investment, and there is a lot of room to make them even more interesting. I ...

Comment In: Report: Zynga in talks to acquire Draw Something dev Omgpop [News - 03/20/2012 - 07:20]

Pretty sure Zynga is more ...

Pretty sure Zynga is more interested in their iPhone/iPad development that is currently wreaking havoc on the Apple market. Zynga did try to pierce into the App Store, but I don 't recall them having found the pot of gold. r nA good article about this can be found there: ...

Comment In: The Steam Scare [Blog - 07/13/2011 - 08:55]

people tend to forget that ...

people tend to forget that Steam was at first a system to deliver patches for HL1 games such as Counter-Strike. It replaced the WON system back then. You had no choice of having Steam to play Counter-Strike 1.6. It is later that it began to be a store. I always ...

Comment In: What Social Games Can Teach Us [Blog - 07/01/2011 - 06:44]

Also working as a game ...

Also working as a game designer for Social Games, I'd say that there is 2 type of Facebook game. Advertising games and monetization games. Like all F2P Browser games or facebook games, although the fun factor of the player is taken in account, every game mechanics must lead to profit, ...

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