Gamasutra - Blogs http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ Altug Isigan's Blogs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:50:28 EST en-us scarless@think-services.com (Simon Carless) Is Emergence the Nature of Games? - by Altug Isigan http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/AltugIsigan/20120115/9241/Is_Emergence_the_Nature_of_Games.php Game Design Can we safely assume that games render emergent every instance of their use? http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/AltugIsigan/20120115/9241/Is_Emergence_the_Nature_of_Games.php Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:40:00 EST Interaction and Time - by Altug Isigan http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/AltugIsigan/20111123/8935/Interaction_and_Time.php Game Design,Console/PC This is me, here, now. Are you sure? http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/AltugIsigan/20111123/8935/Interaction_and_Time.php Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:17:00 EST Games That Can't Be Won - by Altug Isigan http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/AltugIsigan/20111106/8825/Games_That_Cant_Be_Won.php Game Design Non-winnability is often interpreted as open-endedness, and also being brought up as part of arguments that claim that games aren't stories. In this article I will discuss why these views are flawed. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/AltugIsigan/20111106/8825/Games_That_Cant_Be_Won.php Sun, 06 Nov 2011 03:36:00 EST Mediation, Play and Narrative in Video Games - by Altug Isigan http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/AltugIsigan/20110820/8237/Mediation_Play_and_Narrative_in_Video_Games.php Game Design A model of the video game medium http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/AltugIsigan/20110820/8237/Mediation_Play_and_Narrative_in_Video_Games.php Sat, 20 Aug 2011 02:07:00 EDT Game Narrativity and Interaction - by Altug Isigan http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/AltugIsigan/20110819/6646/Game_Narrativity_and_Interaction.php Game Design To what degree are players allowed to manipulate a game's narrative elements? http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/AltugIsigan/20110819/6646/Game_Narrativity_and_Interaction.php Fri, 19 Aug 2011 05:20:00 EDT Necessity in Video Games - by Altug Isigan http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/AltugIsigan/20110816/7908/Necessity_in_Video_Games.php Game Design Eat dots... but why? http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/AltugIsigan/20110816/7908/Necessity_in_Video_Games.php Tue, 16 Aug 2011 02:27:00 EDT