| For a Career in Gaming, are Game Design Degrees Worth It? |
| Posted by Brice Morrison on 05/16/13 10:08:00 am
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| Many students and parents believe that if they are interested in a career in games, then the best thing for them to pursue is a degree in “Game Design”, “Game Programming”, or “Game Art and Animation”. I share my recommendations against this thinking. |  |
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The Trouble with Immersion, or the Opening of Metro: Last Light  |
| Posted by Adrian Chmielarz on 05/16/13 09:35:00 am
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| Using Metro: Last Light and Max Payne 3 as examples, I try to figure out how to avoid the loss of immersion when interacting with NPCs. |  |
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| Immersion in mobile gaming – what affects it? |
| Posted by Przemyslaw Szczepaniak on 05/16/13 06:04:00 am
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Smartphone/Tablet
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| In this entry I'm trying to figure out which factors immerse us to play mobile games, and how different this is from playing games on PC's or consoles. |  |
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| Another "Fix Greenlight" proposal: engagement metrics. |
| Posted by Aaron San Filippo on 05/15/13 10:21:00 pm
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| Niche games are struggling on Greenlight. Here's an idea for giving them a fighting chance. |  |
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| The Stanley Parable Dev Showcase: Payment |
| Posted by Davey Wreden on 05/15/13 05:05:00 pm
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Serious
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| The Stanley Parable Helpful Development Showcase is an extremely insightful and informative look into what it takes to make a video game. This week: How to monetize your game effectively |  |
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| The Contemporariness of Game Design |
| Posted by Josh Bycer on 05/15/13 03:31:00 pm
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Design
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| Today's post examines how game design and appeal has evolved over the last twenty plus years and the tug of war between games that are considered timeless and those that are collectible. |  |
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| Cast Away |
| Posted by Ted Brown on 05/15/13 08:00:00 am
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| Eight years in the industry, and met with a wall of silence on the job search. How can job seekers fix what's wrong if they aren't given feedback? Warning: highly personal. |  |
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| Motiva v. Nintendo: the Facts, the Law, Patent Troll Loss, and Lesson for Indie Game Developers |
| Posted by Will Lewis on 05/15/13 01:00:00 am
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| Nintendo won a patent infringement case brought by Motiva against Nintendo. What is the factual background of the case, why did the court decide how it did, what is the broader legal impact of the case, and what lessons are there for indie developers? |  |
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| Server Migration in Unity |
| Posted by Darrel Cusey on 05/14/13 07:02:00 pm
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Programming,
Console/PC
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| This is the third article in my 3-part series demonstrating how Unity's built-in networking can be easily enhanced to allow for a peer-to-peer networking model. In this article, I demonstrate Server Migration - unity package included. |  |
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