Indie Developer's Response to the PCGA (Updated)  |
| Posted by E Zachary Knight on Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:01:00 EST in
Business/Marketing
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| Matt Ployhar, President of the PCGARecently, the PC Gaming Alliance's (PCGA) new president, Matt Ployhar, held an interview with Gamasutra. While over all the interview was pretty good, it was riddled with fluff and non answers. |
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BA in Game Design? Not as BS as You Might Think |
| Posted by E Zachary Knight on Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:19:00 EST in
Design
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| There is a lot of talk about whether a game centric degree is worth the effort and money needed to get one. As a recipient of a Game Design degree, I take these conversations to heart every time I read them. |
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Story, the 5 W's and the H  |
| Posted by E Zachary Knight on Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:00:00 EDT in
Design
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| What exactly does "story" bring to game development? For this we will look at the 5 W's and the H. |
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Why Should You Support the ECA's Supreme Court Petition?  |
| Posted by E Zachary Knight on Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:57:00 EDT in
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| Why I support the ECA's petition to the Supreme Court in support of the games industry. |
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Sell Me Local and Online Play Separately  |
| Posted by E Zachary Knight on Tue, 01 Jun 2010 01:00:00 EDT in
Production
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| With EA's decision to charge $10 for online play and Ubisoft and THQ looking to follow suit, is it about time that game publishers started selling local and online play separately? |
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Revenue Models: A Comparison of Games to Other Industries  |
| Posted by E Zachary Knight on Mon, 24 May 2010 12:00:00 EDT in
Production
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| How does the games industry's revenue models stack up to other industries? |
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Cub Scouts and Video Games?  |
| Posted by E Zachary Knight on Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:00:00 EDT in
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| The Cub Scouts of America Recently Introduced an award based around video games. How does that fit in with the Cub and Boy Scouts' goal of building life skills in boys? |
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Will the Attempts at Game Legislation Stop? |
| Posted by E Zachary Knight on Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:07:00 EDT in
Production
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| With the Supreme Courts recent decision to review the California law, what will happen if they strike it down as unconstitutional? Will this end all attempts at game regulation? |
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Our Ever Connected Gaming World  |
| Posted by E Zachary Knight on Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:00:00 EDT in
Production
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| In our ever connected gaming world, what will happen to the life of the games we love so dearly? |
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Room For Failure: A Lesson in Level Design  |
| Posted by E Zachary Knight on Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:14:00 EDT in
Design
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| When we design our game levels, we should leave some room for Failure. |
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