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Tag Archives: Game development
Too much icing – The bane of Portal 2
So yeah, I’m sure you’ve heard. Portal 2 has begun making its slow glorious trek into existence, speaking kind, enticing words and releasing ambrosia from its very pores. You may have noticed that a lot of people are clamouring wildly … Continue reading
Posted in Games, Ramblings
Tagged Gabe Newell, Game Design, Game development, Portal 2, Valve
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ScOA 5: The Sound of Silence
In that mysterious epiphanous, hour of the morning in which logic stays in bed, and sensibility takes the midnight train going anywhere, I was struck by a second thought, or more so an illusion. See, somewhere in the deep folds … Continue reading
Posted in Game Design
Tagged Game Design, Game development, Half Life 2, Miles Newton, Sound, The Machination
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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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Love Beta – A passage through the wilderness – Part 1
I was trying to think of something ubiquitous to related this experience to in order to establish understanding. First I thought of learning to ride a bike, but that’s too straightforward; a very point and shoot learning process, then I … Continue reading
Posted in Games, Journals
Tagged Game development, Love Beta, Miles Newton, MMO, The Machination
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Love Beta – A passage through the wilderness – Introduction
A while ago I’d read about this intriguing mmo called Love by a fellow named Eskil Steenberg, a one man development machine who has singlehandedly brought his somewhat obscure concept to life and into fruition. Today I read an article … Continue reading
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Tagged Eskil Steenberg, Game development, Love Beta, Miles Newton, The Machination
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