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 ...
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 ...
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/
