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One of these things is *just* like the other |
| Posted by Kimberly Unger on Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:37:00 EDT in
Game Design
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| Separated at Birth?
Lego: StarWars and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed |
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Towels and their Misconceptions  |
| Posted by Kimberly Unger on Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:32:00 EDT in
Production
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| I'm starting to wonder if it might be an interesting move to regionalize games. Release one version of Castle Crashers in west Texas, but a slightly different version in NYC for example. |
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About to put my foot in it! |
| Posted by Kimberly Unger on Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:22:00 EDT in
Production
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| I have been asked to participate in a "Women in Games" type Webcast on April 20th at 1PM GMT (which is around 6am PST I believe). It's supposed to run for around 3 hours, so come join in the fun! |
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Time and Timing... |
| Posted by Kimberly Unger on Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:07:00 EDT in
Production
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| One of the things I have noticed in developing games is the difficulty in accurately figuring out how long it's going to take to complete any given task. |
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Backhanded respectability |
| Posted by Kimberly Unger on Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:14:00 EDT in
Production
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| I know it doesn't seem like it, but I feel this is quite a compliment. It's like we've gotten large enough and important enough for people to stand up and take notice.
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No longer a poser.... Observations on GDC 2010 |
| Posted by Kimberly Unger on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:50:00 EST in
Production
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| I have been in the industry for almost 20 years now, and this is the first year I have gone to GDC without feeling like a total poser. |
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Does ANYONE really think the upcoming POP movie is going to win an Oscar? |
| Posted by Kimberly Unger on Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:05:00 EST in
Production
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| Now, you know and I know that crossing media is a bit**. A hairy scary motherbit** that makes the goddess Kali look like one of those ladies in the ballet studio that Degas was so fond of painting. |
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But Nobody's Going to SEE the underside of the table... |
| Posted by Kimberly Unger on Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:52:00 EST in
Visual Art
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| People operate under the misconception that if you can’t get a clear look at it, it doesn’t matter. That taking a line of text and reducing the pixel count until it is unintelligible for a mipmap is just a pain in the a**... |
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An Evening with Penny Arcade... (or "My People Will Come...") |
| Posted by Kimberly Unger on Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:56:00 EST in
Visual Art
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| Penny Arcade is one of those "bridge" properties. While it may have started out about games, it's branched out to appeal to the broader "geek" community. |
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But they're PEOPLE, right? |
| Posted by Kimberly Unger on Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:06:00 EST in
Game Design
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| They're NOT PEOPLE. They're random, low level baddies and wandering monsters, so why do I keep trying to make them more than the sum of their programming?! |
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