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I am a writer and designer. I have a blog here: http://mispeled.net - the posts related to games are sometimes cross posted here on gamasutra. |
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Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Needs Voice Commands |
| Posted by Luke Bergeron on Mon, 23 May 2011 04:44:00 EDT in
Game Design,
Console/PC
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| What if Bethesda took the chance to offer the player a new level of immersion? What if players could actually say activate the shouts by saying them aloud, using a microphone, rather than equipping and using them through a menu? |
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Video Games, Abstraction, and Motion Controllers  |
| Posted by Luke Bergeron on Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:21:00 EST in
Game Design
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| Games are built on abstractions, both from the design standpoint and the player standpoint. There’s no point in “real life” where pressing X makes a person perform a jump, or a kick, or whatever. It’s an abstraction. |
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Improving Random Loot Drops |
| Posted by Luke Bergeron on Tue, 26 Oct 2010 05:29:00 EDT in
Game Design
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| But what if, instead of completely random loot, the drop percentage for the item was based on how many times the player had killed the creature that drops it? |
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I’m Super Serial... Please Give Me Serial Games |
| Posted by Luke Bergeron on Wed, 13 Oct 2010 07:28:00 EDT in
Business
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| A post the examines the feasibility of episodic games across several genres, both from the business aspects and player aspects. |
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FPS and RTS Game Concepts Combined |
| Posted by Luke Bergeron on Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:21:00 EST in
Game Design
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| I believe that one way to revamp FPS is to include elements from Real-Time Strategy. |
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Enhancing the Idea of the Game as an Event |
| Posted by Luke Bergeron on Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:32:00 EST in
Production
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| I get to recapture that old binge-gaming spirit, play till my eyes bleed, see how far I can get in the game before I have to return to the real world. These are special, rare times. These few moments are Gaming as an Event. |
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Luke Bergeron's Comments
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Comment In: Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Needs Voice Commands [Blog - 05/23/2011 - 04:44]
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Yes, of course they would ... Yes, of course they would need to be optional. That's why I like the idea of keeping it limited to only a few commands in a few specific areas. |
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Comment In: Story Transplantation: Part 3 [Blog - 02/04/2011 - 07:16]
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How does one improve cut ... How does one improve cut scenes I'd like ot hear your ideas on this. |
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Comment In: Improving Random Loot Drops [Blog - 10/26/2010 - 05:29]
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Certainly - I doubted that ... Certainly - I doubted that I was the first to think of this. However, currently only quest items are altered in this way, not rare items, which is more the point of my post. |
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Comment In: I’m Super Serial... Please Give Me Serial Games [Blog - 10/13/2010 - 07:28]
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I agree. That's why people ... I agree. That's why people keep buying all episodic stuff, including comics, games, television series and all that. It's about constant progression of a story and good characters - just labeling it content isn't really the point of the thing. That's one of the things that bothers me with all ... |
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Comment In: FPS and RTS Game Concepts Combined [Blog - 01/23/2010 - 03:21]
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I don't like the idea ... I don't like the idea of a commander and multiple troops that don't have as much power. I envisioned small 4 person teams because I think that the Left 4 Dead teamsize is small enough that everyone feels like they matter, but big enough that you need to work together, ... |
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Comment In: Quests in Single Player Games [Blog - 11/13/2009 - 11:45]
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@Michael: I'm not talking about ... @Michael: I'm not talking about MMOs. I'm talking about single player games that use a quest interface similar to MMOs. Games like Torchlight, Zenonia, Borderlands, Fallout 3, and Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, and The Witcher. These are single player games okay, so Borderlands is multiplayer, kinda that use a quest ... |
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