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Adam Bishop's Blog   Expert Blogs

Adam is the creator of the independent experimental game Time Flows, But Does Not Return and has taken part in the Experimental Gameplay Project. He has previously worked in the game industry in Montreal, but is now a systems administrator in another industry. While his formal education is in the history of 20th century international relations, he has been making games in some form or other (board games, card games, video games) for most of his life and it's a field he'll continue to be a part of.  His current project is a noir-ish adventure game. If you want to get in touch with him, you can reach him at shapeofgames@gmail.com.

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The Pay Affects The Play  Featured Blogs
Posted by Adam Bishop on Sun, 01 Jan 2012 03:12:00 EST in Game Design, Production, Indie
Digital sales aren't just affecting which games I play, they're affecting how I play them too.
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Time To Grow Up
Posted by Adam Bishop on Sat, 16 Oct 2010 01:21:00 EDT in
An account of the constant sexual harassment I've witnessed in this industry and why gamers need to stop feeding into it.
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The Myth of Replay Value  Featured Blogs
Posted by Adam Bishop on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 02:04:00 EDT in Game Design
Why the concept of "replay value" typically misses the point.
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Puzzles Should Have Clues  Featured Blogs
Posted by Adam Bishop on Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:00:00 EDT in Game Design
What Limbo's problematic design can teach us about building better games.
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Losing For Good
Posted by Adam Bishop on Sat, 15 May 2010 05:06:00 EDT in
How Mass Effect 2 and Heavy Rain made me enjoy it when I lost.
Read More... | 1 Comments

Where Is Our Pitchfork?  Featured Blogs
Posted by Adam Bishop on Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:00:00 EST in
What indie games can learn from indie rock.
Read More... | 9 Comments

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Adam Bishop's Comments

Comment In: DICE 2012: Putting story before gameplay 'a waste of time' says Jaffe [News - 02/09/2012 - 04:49]

I loved the beginning of ...

I loved the beginning of Arkham City. I thought the restrictions placed on the character made for an interesting change of pace from the first game and did a great job of conveying the mood and the setting. In fact, isn't that scene, which allows the player to control Batman ...

Comment In: Double Fine launches $400K Kickstarter for Schafer-led adventure game [News - 02/08/2012 - 09:26]

I think it's awesome that ...

I think it's awesome that Tim and co. are getting this kind of support from their fans, but let's not kid ourselves - this means absolutely nothing in regard to the development of big budget, AAA games like Uncharted, Gran Turismo, Halo, etc. It's also not at all clear that ...

Comment In: Critical Reception: Big Huge Games' Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning [News - 02/08/2012 - 04:56]

I have no problem with ...

I have no problem with what EA's done with games like Dragon Age or Mass Effect where you get additional content for buying new, but I would be pretty angry if a console somehow locked a game to just one console. What would I do if I wanted to bring ...

Comment In: Opinion: How NFC tech could be Wii U's saving grace [News - 01/27/2012 - 03:06]

Is Nintendo not on the ...

Is Nintendo not on the record as stating that they're not interested in pursuing a microtransaction based model with Pokemon because they don't think it's fair to target children in that way

Comment In: Defender's Quest Deployment Strategy [Blog - 01/23/2012 - 02:28]

Our goal is to get ...

Our goal is to get as many people as possible to play the demo, and the entire page is designed to make that as easy as possible. I think this kind of thing is something that more and more independent developers are doing, and I think it's very smart business. ...

Comment In: Analyst: The Old Republic sales concerns are 'overdone' [News - 01/20/2012 - 09:16]

Needs IMMEDIATELY after PROFIT . ...

Needs IMMEDIATELY after PROFIT .

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