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Currently studying Computer Science at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University. I've taken part in a modding project for a PC game. I balance my school courses with reading Game Development books and testing out ideas online.

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Comment In: Developing Meaningful Player Character Arcs in Branching Narrative [Feature - 03/21/2013 - 04:50]

Agreed, Alexander. r n r ...

Agreed, Alexander. r n r nI don 't want to dissuade anyone from taking this path, but it does require being very mindful of the choices given and what their potential impacts are. r n r nThanks for the links to Greg Rucka, they were very helpful. As pointed out ...

Comment In: Ken Levine's justification for BioShock Infinite's crunch [News - 03/11/2013 - 06:53]

Is that a given No ...

Is that a given No one knew Halo was going to be as big as it became. And BioShock, well. That just hasn 't kept the momentum from the first game.

Comment In: A Miyamoto design pillar: Forget characters, focus on experiences [News - 03/12/2013 - 03:26]

Isn 't this the reason ...

Isn 't this the reason we have so many bland white, male characters The focus on gameplay over story

Comment In: Video: Bungie looks back at the original Halo [News - 02/18/2013 - 01:17]

Yeah it stinks that the ...

Yeah it stinks that the video just shows them talking and doesn 't have the slides displayed.

Comment In: How Saints Row and Metro ended up with Koch Media [News - 02/05/2013 - 03:26]

Surprised no one bothered to ...

Surprised no one bothered to praise them for offering to keep everyone on the payroll. That 's terrific r n r nSure some may leave, but at least no one is forced out of the job as far as we know . r n r nSaints Row: The Third has ...

Comment In: Why GTA V's delay could cause an industry-wide ripple effect [News - 01/31/2013 - 05:42]

Backwards compatibility flew out the ...

Backwards compatibility flew out the window. r n r nI would have gotten a PS3 if it still supported backwards compatibility but Sony ditched the feature when they released new hard drives years ago, r n r nMicrosoft has it, but also has been pulling the plug on the servers ...

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