http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ Michael Cook's Blogs Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:10:03 EDT en-us scarless@think-services.com (Simon Carless) http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/MichaelCook/20130527/193082/The_Saturday_Paper_Use_NEW_IDEA_On_GENRE.php Programming,Design A fortnightly blog post showing off a new or unusual bit of academic research about games. This week - a system that generates replayable adventure game puzzles using chains of cause and effect. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/MichaelCook/20130527/193082/The_Saturday_Paper_Use_NEW_IDEA_On_GENRE.php Mon, 27 May 2013 07:49:00 EDT http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/MichaelCook/20130512/192131/The_Saturday_Paper__Dungeon_Feng_Shui.php Design,Programming A fortnightly blog post showing off a new or unusual bit of academic research about games. This week - a new kind of technology for procedural generation, and how it follows your rules. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/MichaelCook/20130512/192131/The_Saturday_Paper__Dungeon_Feng_Shui.php Sun, 12 May 2013 07:50:00 EDT http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/MichaelCook/20130427/191371/The_Saturday_Paper__Minecraft_and_Monet.php Design,Programming A fortnightly blog post showing off a new or unusual bit of academic research about games. This week - how procedural generators can be procedurally generated - and how this opens up new ways of thinking about PCG. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/MichaelCook/20130427/191371/The_Saturday_Paper__Minecraft_and_Monet.php Sat, 27 Apr 2013 09:02:00 EDT http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/MichaelCook/20130413/190439/The_Saturday_Paper__Making_Magic_Spells.php Design A fortnightly blog post showing off a new or unusual bit of academic research about games. This week - getting your game to invent new skills for the player, as they're playing the game. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/MichaelCook/20130413/190439/The_Saturday_Paper__Making_Magic_Spells.php Sat, 13 Apr 2013 08:43:00 EDT