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Category Archives: Ramblings
ScoA 3: The designers' Fallacy
I’ve been thinking recently about the kind of games that I think I would make well, and the thought of genre specificity continued to float to the top. I don’t play as many RPGs as a lot of my friends, … Continue reading
Posted in Game Design, Ramblings
Tagged Game Design, Game development, Genre, Miles Newton, Shadow of the Colossus, The Machination
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SCoA 2: In the darkness
Okay, so I promised myself that I would wait until next week to write about this, but I’m in a writing mood. Take advantage of that. Twas a dark and stormy night, last moon and I was awakened from my … Continue reading
Posted in Game Design, Games, Ramblings
Tagged Game Design, Game development, Lighting, Stalker, The Machination
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Super Condese-o-article 1: Here's the deal
Why hello there dear Droogs. It is apparent that I am now in year 12, and writing a massive analysis every week is somewhat draining when it comes to writing a massive analysis for everything else, so this is what … Continue reading
Posted in Games, Ramblings
Tagged Bioshock 2, Game development, Miles Newton, Special Editions, The Machination
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Fear the worst: The importance of bad endings
This thought has been rattling around in my infernal brain machine for some time, and surprisingly not just as a side effect of playing far too many games that have arbitrary moral choices that end as you become an ethereal … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Game Design, Ramblings
Tagged Bad Endings, Game Design, Game development, Miles Newton, The Machination
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War. War Never Changes.
As dedicated gamers, we’ve always cherished the experiences that we know the developers not only made for our enjoyment, but made because they had a deep connection to their work. There have always been bad games, but it seems that … Continue reading
Posted in Ramblings, The industry in general
Tagged Game development, Games industry, History, Miles Newton, The Machination
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Disneyitus – the fall and rebirth of a giant
It really doesn’t come as a surprise any more. Like all things, even the greats succumb to age and senility begins making choices that are beyond its rational judgement. Minds grow feeble, and are subsequently replaced by new minds that … Continue reading
MASOCORE – The satisfaction of the struggle
It’s the strangest thing. The human mind is designed to work towards things that will bring it pleasure, mostly because we’re all treacherous hedonists, but generally because we like the feeling of accomplishment, so why the hell would we involve … Continue reading
Posted in Games, Ramblings
Tagged Arcade, Entertainment, Flash, Game Design, Game development, Gamers, Games, Games industry, Gaming, I Wanna Be the Guy, Masocore, Miles Newton, The Machination
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In Retro Retrospect of Borderlands, Some kind of half arsed journal
I know it might sound as if I’ve beaten this horse as much as I have stalker here, but I think I’d like to add a few comments with a severely less hype-minded approach here. At the moment, I’m around … Continue reading
Posted in Game Design, Games, Ramblings
Tagged AI, Borderlands, Co-op, Company, Design, Development, Difficulty, Entertainment, First Person Shooter, Game Design, Game development, Gameplay, Gamers, Games, Games industry, Gaming, Hype, Immersion, Industry, Level Design, Multiplayer, The Machination
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