January 2011
17 posts
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Games as Art and Why You Shouldn't Care →
If you’re reading this, you’re probably already familiar with the debate. You know the back and forth between Roger Ebert and Kellee Santiago on the subject and you’ve probably made up your mind about which side of the line you stand on. For those who haven’t been following the drama, here’s a quick recap:
Ebert: vidya games will never be art. they r dumb an bad....
December 2010
25 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-19) →
Claudio Arrau (30)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (25)
Zoltán Kocsis (18)
Daft Punk (9)
Jorge Bolet (6)
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Keeping a game design journal. →
For the last few years, I’ve kept a pen and notebook beside me while gaming. I fill this journal as an exercise, to help develop my eye as a designer and to have a source of reference material while working on related projects. As I play, I’ll jot down a quick +, -, or ?, followed by notes on an aspect or design decision that catches my interest. I try to straddle the line between enjoying...
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A game designer toolbox! Here’s my daily launch... →
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What we use - tools of an indie game studio →
I thought it’d be a fun exercise to list out our current toolset at the start of the studio — the software and services that make things go here at FML — with the idea to revisit the list six months to a year from now to see what’s held up or been abandoned. I’ll start the series with an overview of the shared services and apps, and we’ll move on to the job-specific tools in continued entries.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-12) →
Daft Punk (45)
Utada (35)
Genki Rockets (12)
宇多田ヒカル (10)
Tangerine Dream (7)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-5) →
Nicki Minaj (12)
Shoji Yamashiro (10)
Faye Wong (2)
12 All Spliced Up (1)
Douglas Adams (1)
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This exists.
Anne sighed as she sat in her room, staring at her wall. She just finished writing in her diary, and had nothing to do. Life was boring in the Secret Annex, but it was better than the alternative. It was alright talking to Peter and Margot, but they were both such quiet people, unlike the always active Anne. All of a sudden, a flash of light appeared in the room! Anne jumped back, stifling a...
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