Minecraft creator Notch chats about design, regrets and piracy
Minecraft creator Markus 'Notch' Persson took the stage for his "fireside chat" with a beer in hand. The fireplace was naturally a retro 8-bit...
READ MORE >Sega Exec: EA Struggling with Hardcore Crowd, Industry Heading Towards 'Snackable Gaming'
Speaking on various elements of Sega of America's operations, company president Simon Jeffery critiqued publisher Electronic Arts' handling of the...
READ MORE >"Comments like this merely reflect the expanding demographics of gaming. When I was in ..."
see all 60 commentsBioShock Paved Way for Unconventional Shooters, Says Creator Levine
2K Boston and 2K Australia's narrative-heavy BioShock (PC, PS3, 360) has exposed millions to a new brand of shooter and effectively opened a new...
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see all 135 commentsLengthy Games 'On the Way Out,' Claims Spector
Ex-Ion Storm developer and Deus Ex series creator Warren Spector expects to see shorter games as development budgets continue to escalate. "Game...
READ MORE >"If you're going to make a game short, then lower the price a bit, too. We shouldn't have to pay ..."
see all 72 commentsGame Design School Gains University Accreditation
Vocational college and game design school Full Sail Real World Education has been awarded University status by the state of Florida, the school...
READ MORE >"That's not really true. I graduated from Full Sail's game design degree program with an ..."
see all 36 commentsA Game Design a Week Keeps the... I Got Nothin'.
Patrick Curry, lead designer on Wideload's Stubbs the Zombie (Xbox, PC) and currently working as a designer on a next-gen Midway project, recently...
READ MORE >"you might like what I'm working on then i'll keep the shack posted as I progress along..."
see all 16 commentsSo You Want To Be A Game Designer
So You Wanna Be a Game Designer is a new GameSpot feature, talking to Chris Avellone, Ken Levine, Akira Yamaoka and CliffyB about working in the...
READ MORE >"Modern games are created by real people, in big groups, and not by a single persons brain, not ..."
see all 52 commentsGame Design Standards
Entertainment Depot has an article called Standards in Game Design, asking several game developers (Levelord, George Broussard, John Romero, Rick...
READ MORE >"I think first person shooters should have a minimum amount of crates. Can't seem to have too ..."
see all 23 commentsBecoming a Game Designer
CG Online has posted the second part of their "So You Want to be a Game Designer?" feature. In this installment, Raven's Kenn Hoekstra goes over...
READ MORE >"No most people here would rather bitch and complain. It's too easy to run through a game and ..."
see all 2 commentsFuture of Game Design
The Future of Game Design: Moving Beyond Deus Ex and Other Dated Paradigms on the IDGA site is a transcript of a keynote address by ION Storm...
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see all 19 commentsEdumacated Game Designers
Here's an interesting article looking at DigiPen, the nations only institute dedicated to teaching people how to make games. The first 5 graduates...
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There's a new article on Evil Avatar, Game Design Philosophy. Make 'em Play!. It's written by Raven's Jake Simpson, who talks about various aspects...
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