Ted is a Senior Game Designer at Buzz Monkey Software. He has worked on AAA franchises such as Tony Hawk and Tomb Raider, and is a graduate of the Guildhall at SMU.
You can read his shorter, generally game-oriented ramblings on tumblr.
A story about letting go of a game concept I believed was unique and original, and the happy results. This one is from way back in the memory vault, folks... 8-bit and CGA!
I think new IPs benefit from more breathing room outside of the Christmas season, as it gives gamers a chance to be exposed to them and get used to the ideas they present. God of War is an excellent example: it came out in March, and nobody knew about it. ...
I think that the point of the article got buried somewhere between arguing about speech regulation and condemning opposing viewpoints. Completely outside that discussion, it would be great to see all of the heavyweight studios come together for an internet PSA stating that derogatory terms in online games is not ...
The bigger the budget, the bigger the complexity. I imagine that, at a certain point, you'll be paying 2 QA dollars for ever dollar of development, and the scale increases geometrically after that. I wonder where the sweet spot would be Still, a billion dollar game. What a great idea ...
What a remarkably brutal convergence of business acumen and video game craftsmanship. I agree with many of his insights. But while he's delineated between a culture of game design in the west product versus east service , I have to wonder if he's underestimated the difference between the consumer cultures, ...
