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Category Archives: Games
Borderlands, and the necessity of story?
I find myself stuck in this cycle of vacillating over whether or not to buy borderlands. The worst possible outcome is that I lose $50 on a game that holds my attention for as long as Super Smash Bros. Brawl … Continue reading
Posted in Game Design, Games, Ramblings
Tagged Art Direction, Borderlands, Cell Shaded, Company, Design, Development, Game, Game Design, Game development, Games, Gaming, Gearbox, Gearbox Software, Story, The Machination
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I apologize for the lack of updates…buuuut MODS
I’m planning two essays in the coming couple of weeks, one on Machinarium and the place of adventure games in today’s gaming community, and one “When the pixels hit the fan” about the direction of game design and hardware innovation … Continue reading
Posted in Games
Tagged Company, Design, Deus Ex, Entertainment, Fallout 3, Fallout Overhaul Kit, First Person Shooter, FOOK, Game Design, Game development, Gameplay, Gamers, Games, Games industry, Gaming, Gaming Hardware, Hardware, Machinarium, Mod, Modder, Modders, Modding, Nameless Mod, Pixels, Stalker, STALKER Complete 2009, The Machination, The Nameless Mod
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News on Machinarium
I’ve just started playing a charming little adventure game called Machinarium by Czech developer Amanita Design , and I intend to write up a collaborative review on this when a friend of mine and myself can make time to complete … Continue reading
Posted in Games, News
Tagged Company, Creative, Design, Entertainment, Game Design, Game development, Games, Games industry, Gaming, Machinarium, Machinarium Preview, Machinarium Review, Review, The Machination
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Modern Warfare 2 on the PC postponed
The release of modern Warfare 2 has been delayed for the PC, and as can be assumed this contentious issue has been met with much vitriol from the PC gaming crowd. Now from what I can see, one of three … Continue reading
Posted in Games, News
Tagged 2009, Activision, Design, Development, Entertainment, First Person Shooter, Gamers, Games, Games industry, Gaming, Infinity Ward, Modern Warfare 2, November, PC, Postponed, Release, Release Date, The Machination
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Black and White – the evolution of the moral choice in games
Help the little old blind lady and her 17 ginger tabbies across the road, or blow up the kitten orphanage? Maybe I’m meddling with old lady hyperbole here, but when you examine the common trends moral choices within game plots, … Continue reading
Posted in Games, Ramblings
Tagged Bioshock, Company, Design, Entertainment, Fallout 3, First Person Shooter, Game Design, Game development, Gamers, Games, Games industry, Gaming, Moral Choice, Narrative, Story, The Machination
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Delusions of Grandeur
It is far too easy to look back upon past generations of games and game consoles with a patronising eye simply because they don’t possess the mind blazing, face melting processing power associated with nearly every current generation gaming console … Continue reading
Posted in Games, Ramblings
Tagged Company, Entertainment, Expectations, Game Design, Game development, Gamers, Games, Gaming, Gears of War, Halo, Halo 3, Independent, The Machination
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They're not gimmicks, they're experiments
As a gamer and prospective game designer there are many observations I make when looking at trends in the industry. These trends come in many forms which can vary from simply what the gamers are demanding to what the industry … Continue reading
