Gamasutra - Blogs http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ Lewis Pulsipher's Blogs Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:04:19 EDT en-us scarless@think-services.com (Simon Carless) Games on Facebook--why bother? - by Lewis Pulsipher http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/LewisPulsipher/20100101/3984/Games_on_Facebookwhy_bother.php Game Design In my limited experience, games on Facebook are tedious time-wasters.Is this what games have come to, ways to kill time, and so boring that you spend real money to get ahead faster? Mindless... http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/LewisPulsipher/20100101/3984/Games_on_Facebookwhy_bother.php Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST Branding, Games, and Films - by Lewis Pulsipher http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/LewisPulsipher/20091130/3688/Branding_Games_and_Films.php You probably know how important branding has been for decades, but you may not realize how much more important it has become in the past several years. Branding is becoming very important in all game markets. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/LewisPulsipher/20091130/3688/Branding_Games_and_Films.php Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:07:00 EST Interaction in Games - by Lewis Pulsipher http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/LewisPulsipher/20091108/3505/Interaction_in_Games.php Game Design Initial attempt to categorize types of interaction in games. Once again, derived originally from class discussion. As with all such lists, there is no single or "right" way to categorize something this complex. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/LewisPulsipher/20091108/3505/Interaction_in_Games.php Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:38:00 EST Defining "Hard Core" and "Casual"? - by Lewis Pulsipher http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/LewisPulsipher/20091106/3493/Defining_quotHard_Corequot_and_quotCasualquot.php Game Design In class we spent some time trying to differentiate between “Hard Core” and “Casual” video game players. This usually results in a fairly good list, but it’s likely more can be added to it. I’ve decided to post it to see what experienced people think. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/LewisPulsipher/20091106/3493/Defining_quotHard_Corequot_and_quotCasualquot.php Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:39:00 EST Surprise: Movies Based On Games Aren't Likely To Be Good - by Lewis Pulsipher http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/LewisPulsipher/20091030/3443/Surprise_Movies_Based_On_Games_Arent_Likely_To_Be_Good.php Visual Art Reading an article in the latest Game Informer magazine about the poor record of movies derived from games, my reaction was "that's not surprising." Games aren't a good storytelling medium, which makes a successful movie less likely to derive from a game. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/LewisPulsipher/20091030/3443/Surprise_Movies_Based_On_Games_Arent_Likely_To_Be_Good.php Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:21:00 EDT "Everyone Plays Video Games" - NOT. - by Lewis Pulsipher http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/LewisPulsipher/20090803/2655/quotEveryone_Plays_Video_Gamesquot__NOT.php Optimistic pundits like to say "everyone plays video games". That's not even true in the USA, and certainly not worldwide. Maybe "everyone watches movies" could be justified, but the equipment is much cheaper and much less effort is required. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/LewisPulsipher/20090803/2655/quotEveryone_Plays_Video_Gamesquot__NOT.php Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:03:00 EDT