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Zerg Rushing Bobby Flay  Featured Blogs
Posted by Joel McDonald on Thu, 14 Oct 2010 07:02:00 EDT in Game Design
Why cooking games should take a note from Starcraft.
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Feast Your Eyes On This  Featured Blogs
Posted by Joel McDonald on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:23:00 EDT in Game Design
Are some experiences off-limits to games? I look at new research-game, Korsakovia, and how it conveys panic and frustration as player experiences.
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Comment In: How to Better Motivate Game Developers [Blog - 01/13/2012 - 10:20]

Hey Keith I haven't read ...

Hey Keith I haven't read Drive, but it sounds very similar to the book I just finished reading--Punished By Rewards by Alfie Kohn. PBR is all about how extrinsic motivators such as rewards and even praise are bad for us primarily because they reduce intrinsic motivation. Not only did the ...

Comment In: Id To Release Doom 3 Source Code [News - 08/04/2011 - 05:18]

Note that Doom 3's famous ...

Note that Doom 3's famous shadow renderer is based on technology patented by Creative Labs. I'd hardly say it's based on Creative Labs' tech--IIRC, Carmack independently came up with the algorithm and CL just happened to patent it, forcing id to strike a deal with them to be able to ...

Comment In: Report: Portal's Valve Creating Free-To-Play Game [News - 06/20/2011 - 12:13]

Portal's Valve Portal is bigger ...

Portal's Valve Portal is bigger than Valve now, huh

Comment In: Black Ops: Silencing the Whiners, Boring Everyone Else [Blog - 11/10/2010 - 05:14]

I think you'll find in ...

I think you'll find in time that perks like Flak Jacket and Gas Mask especially the Pro versions are extremely useful, possibly even OP.

Comment In: DICE 2010: CMU's Schell On The Common Threads In Unexpected Successes [News - 02/18/2010 - 03:43]

Fantastic talk. I now have ...

Fantastic talk. I now have several things to mull over in my head. Video is up here: http://g4tv.com/videos/44277/DICE-2010-Design-Outside-the-Box-Presentation/

Comment In: Editorial: Are Publishers A Necessary Evil? [News - 10/21/2009 - 03:33]

Am I the only one ...

Am I the only one seeing the hidden hyperlink in the last paragraph taking me to a Marc Summers biography page Not seeing the connection... :

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