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Tom Allins's Blog

I work as business analyst for a leading IT distributor. Not only interested in the business aspect of games, I am also fascinated by everything surrounding games, from designing to story writing. I also keep a small gaming blog at http://www.gameranting.blogspot.com/

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Replayability Defined By Player Type  Featured Blogs
Posted by Tom Allins on Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:29:00 EDT in Game Design
If games must be replayable, we have to understand the different playertypes, since each playertype requires its own incentives for replay.
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Previously On ...
Posted by Tom Allins on Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:27:00 EDT in Game Design
Many players finish a game in multiple sessions, what can be done to ensure they still can keep track of the story even they haven't played the game for weeks.
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The Elephant In The Room  Featured Blogs
Posted by Tom Allins on Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:11:00 EDT in Production
Another take on the rise of the second hand market.
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Rule of 3 Deaths in a Boss Fight  Featured Blogs
Posted by Tom Allins on Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:23:00 EDT in Game Design
A personal rule devised to evaluate boss fights and their impact on the gaming experience.
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Morality in Games - Another Definition  Featured Blogs
Posted by Tom Allins on Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:31:00 EDT in Game Design
What does morality in games means for the player and what conditions must be met to implement morality within a game?
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When Game Violence Forces Us To Think  Featured Blogs
Posted by Tom Allins on Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:46:00 EDT in
Sometimes game violence forces us to ask a hard question.
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Tom Allins's Comments

Comment In: The Invisible Narrative of Games - OR - The Story of Chess [Blog - 08/12/2009 - 10:20]

Now, am I reading too ...

Now, am I reading too much into this Am I just projecting a childish fantasy onto a board of wood and bunch of carven pieces I think you are. none of the books on chess that I read, nor the man who taught me the game mentioned this great story ...

Comment In: The Videogame Marketing Dichotomy [Blog - 07/01/2009 - 08:37]

Gametrailers warn me of potential ...

Gametrailers warn me of potential interesting games, but before I buy I always check video reviews from gamespot, ign and gametrailers.com. It's as good as a written review and at least you get to see the game in action. Personally I prefer gametrailers.com review, they are broken up into clear ...