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Robert Walker's Blog

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Simple Complexity (Or, Do I Really Have to Learn This?)   Featured Blogs
Posted by Robert Walker on Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:35:00 EDT in Design
Let's take a look at how simple assumptions can scare off potential players.
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Best-Selling Games vs Best-Made Games (Or, Reaching A Larger Audience)   Featured Blogs
Posted by Robert Walker on Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:19:00 EST in Design
Today we focus on the importance of knowing how to sell your hard work.
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Making Small, Big (Or, The World Is A Character Too!)  Featured Blogs
Posted by Robert Walker on Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:47:00 EST in Design
Let's take a look at how a game's world affects its impact on the player.
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Taking Turns (Or Yes, It IS Your Job to Make Me Have Fun)   Featured Blogs
Posted by Robert Walker on Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:09:00 EDT in Design
Today we take a look at Turn-Based Combat and what we can do to improve its appeal.
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The Cost of Education (or Computer Science vs Game Development Part II)  Featured Blogs
Posted by Robert Walker on Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:37:00 EST in Business/Marketing, Design
Another important factor when choosing which college to attend: price. Here we discuss the cost of an education vs the benefit it brings.
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Computer Science Vs. Game Development (or Which Degree Should I Get?)  Featured Blogs
Posted by Robert Walker on Sun, 13 Feb 2011 02:32:00 EST in Business/Marketing, Design
This question gets asked often on many game development forums, this is my two cents.
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Robert Walker's Comments

Comment In: Dead or Alive publisher experiments with free-to-play on console [News - 06/03/2013 - 07:20]

Neat. I 'm interested to ...

Neat. I 'm interested to see how this pans out for something that isn 't a social game, mobile title, or MMO.

Comment In: Coding "To The Metal" is a dangerous ideal. [Blog - 05/22/2013 - 05:37]

Also, please don 't just ...

Also, please don 't just read inexperience and youth and go into a frenzy. I do not mean it as an insult and I 'm well aware that you 've released a few titles.

Comment In: Gender Gap and the Game Developer Salary Survey [Blog - 04/04/2013 - 03:19]

In other words: Is the ...

In other words: Is the gender gap due to sexist biases that devalue women devs, or is it due to the relatively scarce number of experienced women devs in the industry r n r nCan I just disagree with the whole premise here I 've worked at and assisted in ...

Comment In: Computer Science Vs. Game Development (or Which Degree Should I Get?) [Blog - 02/13/2011 - 02:32]

I 'm kind of impressed, ...

I 'm kind of impressed, 2 years later and this post is still getting comments. For the sake of future-developers, I will respond: r n r nAs of the time this post was written, the Development Support Lead Programmer at Bioware, the Senior Engineer at Turbine, and the Lead Producer ...

Comment In: Opinion: Video games and Male Gaze - are we men or boys? [News - 06/29/2012 - 03:51]

While this is a very ...

While this is a very well-written article, I am sad to see the comments on this topic always, without exception, break down into only men fighting about how this issue is or isn 't okay. When is the last time a female voiced their opinion in this long comment dialog ...

Comment In: In-depth: That's not normal - the performance of odd floats [News - 05/23/2012 - 06:51]

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading ...

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading through your articles. I 've been a programmer for well over 15 years and there were still bits and pieces I wasn 't aware of. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with the rest of us

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