My throat chakra is closed.
I am working on opening it up. That is, I suppose, the purpose of this post.
Archive of posts filed under the games category.
Assassin’s Creed 2
This post contains spoilers.
Achievements
While reading this Malstrom blog post this morning, I realized something interesting: Achievements/Trophies/whatever can reduce the desire to keep a game, increasing motivation to resell it. Sure, they can create some sales from people playing the gamer score metagame (who will just turn around and resell it once they’ve got the points), but consider a [...]
Obligatory iPad Opinion/Speculation/Analysis
Almost everyone seems to have an opinion about the recently-announced Apple iPad.1 If you don’t, I may surmise that you either a) live under a rock, or have been distanced from the internet and tangential media and people enough that you have not yet heard about it, or b) you do not have any opinions at [...]
Appvent Calendar Games: Thoughts (Part 2)
Here are my thoughts on the rest of the games I got through the Appvent Calendar promotion. Thoughts on the first few are here.
Vision of the Future
I found this blog, subscribed, and read this article a couple days ago. It’s really interesting stuff about how business really works. If you’ve been reading Malstrom’s Articles about Blue Ocean Strategy and Disruption, this should interest you.
Happy New Year
It’s been almost a month since my last post here. Nice. Ah, and it was about the first few games for the Appvent Calendar. Guess I’d better write the second half, with thoughts on the rest of them, soon.
Appvent Calendar Games: Thoughts (Part 1)
If you have an iPhone (or iPod Touch) and haven’t heard of the “Appvent Calendar,” go check it out. Blacksmith Games has organized an advent calendar where an iPhone game is given away for free each day in December leading up to Christmas. These are games which are not normally free, and are only free [...]
Trials HD
I downloaded the Trials HD trial (heheh) yesterday. I had seen people talk about it on Twitter but I hadn’t tried it out; I thought it was just some racing game or generic 3D motorcycle game or something. It isn’t.
“When is immersion overrated?”
Damion Schubert posted the above question yesterday on his blog (Zen of Design). My answer appears to have been deleted, so I’ll write about it here. I linked to some posts on “Malstrom’s Articles” which I believed to be relevant. I should add that to the links at the right, by the way. I’ll do [...]
Very busy…
There’s been a lot going on, and I don’t have time to explain it all. But that hasn’t stopped me making another amusing shirt, which it so happens is now available for purchase.
Games are fun, but that’s not the point.
Most games are developed with the intent of inducing feelings of “fun” in players. In my opinion, which is at least partially influenced by my read of A Theory of Fun for Game Design, this approach is irresponsible at best. The theory presented by the book is that the feeling we call “having fun” is our brains giving [...]
Close Range
This is a hilarious parody, but perhaps not for the very squeamish. Watch the video and play the “demo.”
