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I'm 27 years old, and I'm a Gameplay Engineer at LucasArts, and I recently graduated from the SMU Guildhall with a graduate degree in Game Engineering. I enjoy all kinds of game engineering, but I have a particular interest in gameplay and AI. |
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Successful Games Can Be Simultaneously Hardcore And Casual  |
| Posted by John Hahn on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:18:00 EDT in
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| There are people who believe that if a game is too "hardcore" it alienates the casual players, and there are people who believe that if a game is too "casual" it alienates the hardcore players. I believe this is a false dichotomy. |
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A Life Long Career In Game Development |
| Posted by John Hahn on Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:43:00 EDT in
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| Games have been around since the 1970s (roughly), which means that if those early developers had made a lifelong career out of it, then they would be in their 50s today. Yet, most shops are full of people in their 20s and 30s. I wonder why this is? |
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John Hahn's Comments
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Comment In: Alpha Colony Kickstarter misses funding goal by $28 [News - 12/03/2012 - 10:18]
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Game developers have to postpone ... Game developers have to postpone release dates, ask publishers for bigger budgets, and/or cut/add new features all the time. It 's just that usually this happens without public knowledge and so the fans ' opinion of the developer isn 't tarnished because the fans never know that these snafus happen. ... |
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Comment In: Twitter hashtag '#1ReasonWhy' exposes sexism in game industry [News - 11/27/2012 - 11:20]
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@Amir Barak: I agree with ... @Amir Barak: I agree with your thoughts, but I think most people who champion a cause take the position of I don 't like something, therefore we need to change it or get rid of it. , and I think a much better approach is, I don 't like something, ... |
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Comment In: Disney buys LucasArts in surprise $4 billion deal [News - 10/30/2012 - 04:16]
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@Jerry Shamblin r nI know ... @Jerry Shamblin r nI know you asked someone else the question about what copyrights should be, but I have a partial answer. I think there should be an abandonware clause in copyright laws somewhere. If you own an IP and you choose to do nothing with it for X amount ... |
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Comment In: The Devil's Workshop: An Interview with Diablo III's Jay Wilson [Feature - 05/14/2012 - 04:10]
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The problem with design docs ... The problem with design docs is that, like Robert said, many of the things in the doc wind up not working as well as the designers hope they will, and so, in the end, things winds up being very different from the design doc. r n r nOnce people are ... |
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Comment In: New Research Brings Much Needed Objectivity To Game Piracy Numbers [Blog - 10/21/2011 - 10:10]
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Well, most people on these ... Well, most people on these message boards have a generally friendly, cool, and helpful demeanor. His entire tone was very pompous and arrogant. He acted like he was some over educated aristocrat who was forced to talk to peasants or something. It was just odd. Most game developers wear t-shirts ... |
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Comment In: They Changed the Dining Room: Dragon Age II Analysis [Blog - 10/23/2011 - 12:50]
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You use the phrase cry ... You use the phrase cry over spilled milk multiple times, but I'm not sure you understand what that means. According to http://www.thefreedictionary.com/, it means To regret in vain what cannot be undone or rectified. It's when you actually make a mistake and you cry about it, but there's nothing you ... |
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