Nels Anderson is a technical designer at he worked at Klei Entertainment. Previously, he worked as a gameplay programmer at Hothead Games and is probably the only game developer in Vancouver (and maybe all of Canada) that was born and raised in Wyoming.
He writes about games and game design at Above 49. If Twitter is your proclivity, he's @Nelsormensch.
Using the word "fun" to discuss the core value of games is deeply problematic. Conversing with new players and non-gamers is going to require a new term. I propose "engagement" (even though it's still the "fun" most of us are used to).
This post looks at moral reasoning in games through the lens of Dr. Lawrence Kohlberg's six stages of moral development, providing further evidence that games are neglecting a powerful opportunity to engage players.
More readable systems could contribute to creating games that offer the same satisfaction as classic adventure games. This article looks at some places to start.
Wait, how is Avalanche a Ubisoft developer They've never made a game published by Ubisoft JC/JC2 was Eidos and Renegade Ops is Sega and unless they were silently acquired by Ubisoft very recently, I'm pretty sure they're still independent owned.
Does it matter Just go to FutureShop or any other retailer. It's not worth patronizing EB/GameStop for any reason when they do things like this amidst their legion of anti-consumer, anti-developer policies .
This inclusion of Canada on this list is as it is every year total bullshit http://bit.ly/9ijfA3 . Special 301 lacks any kind of substantive methodology or data, as the CCIA documented http://bit.ly/9mqY4M when saying it's wholly inappropriate for Canada to be included on this watch list. At the very least, ...
The guy who spends all of his free time playing WoW. Next time to you log in, type /played. Look at the likely hundreds, if not thousands, of hours you've spent playing WoW. Think about how much more you would understand about making games if you'd spent that time with ...
