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Robert Hale's Blog   Expert Blogs

Rob Hale is a Videogame Designer/Programmer currently living and working Cambridge. Occassionally he writes about things on his Games Design Blog and occassionally those things end up here as well. His current "Thing" is the practical application of cognitive psychology in game and level design. He also likes long walks in the rain and holding hands.

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7 Ways to Make Your AI Smarter  Featured Blogs
Posted by Robert Hale on Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:18:00 EDT in Game Design
7 Ways to make your AI appear smarter in action games without breaking the bank with middleware or expensive code rewrites.
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Failure and Learning
Posted by Robert Hale on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:55:00 EDT in Game Design
Failure is a positive experience when it is possible for us to learn from it. This may sound a bit like a line from a self-help book, but it’s something that is worth emphasising.
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Comment In: Study: Review Scores Directly Impact Consumer Purchasing, Opinion [News - 07/07/2010 - 10:56]

It won't be restricted to ...

It won't be restricted to just reviews though but any opinions that you've been exposed to about the game. I may not read any reviews for a game but if my friends have told me that they think it's bad then I'm already tainted and now predisposed to think the ...

Comment In: Opinion: Channel 4's Privates Controversy [News - 06/04/2010 - 08:41]

The internet is too large ...

The internet is too large to do anything without offending somebody regardless of intention. Taking things out of context appears to have become a hobby for some people.

Comment In: Activision Announces Independent Games Competition [News - 06/02/2010 - 06:50]

You are only allowed one ...

You are only allowed one submission per person and Activision don't just own the rights to the finalists they own the rights to every single entry. While Ideas may be a dime a dozen this clause allows them to create a game based on the exact IP you submit including ...

Comment In: Report: EU Proposal Would Pressure Devs To Make 'Near-Perfect' Games [News - 05/15/2009 - 06:23]

The Consumer Protection applies to ...

The Consumer Protection applies to the physical media in those cases. You can take a book back to the store if it is incomplete like missing a chapter or something or some other manufacturing flaw is applied. You can't take it back because of a typo. The same for music ...

   

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