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Published Columns | | | | | Dr. Livingstone, I Presume? | | | | | Why "On-line Community" is an Oxymoron | | | | | Not Just Another Scary Face | | | | | Games for Girls? Eeeeewwww! | | | | | Bad Game Designer, No Twinkie! | | | | | | Mau Designer de Jogos, Não Ganha Bolo | | | | | Implementing God in the On-line World | | | | | Gulliver and Game Design | | | | | Cartographic Cartwheels | | | | | In Memoriam: Danielle Berry | | | | | The Virtual Reality Gorilla-Rhino Test | | | | | A Symmetry Lesson | | | | | Creating Opponents for Wargames | | | | | How to Get Started in the Game Industry | | | | | Interstate '76 and the Principle of Harmony | | | | | How to be Weird | | | | | Let's Put the Magic Back in Magic | | | | | Shut Up and Design! | | | | | The Slippery Slope of Advertising | | | | | Tolkien, Beethoven, Vision | | | | | Simplification | | | | | Reflections on the Colorado School Massacre | | | | | Designing and Developing Sports Games | | | | | I Can't Keep Up! | | | | | It's Time to Bring Back Adventure Games | | | | | Three Problems for Interactive Storytellers | | | | | Letter From a Dungeon | | | | | Some Thoughts on Archaic Language | | | | | Bad Game Designer, No Twinkie II | | | | | Death (and Planescape: Torment) | | | | | Breaking the Rules | | | | | Casual versus Core | | | | | Sex in Computer Games: Seduction | | | | | Sex in Computer Games: Explicit Sex | | | | | Sex in Computer Games: Dramatic Significance | | | | | Designing Need-Based AI for Virtual Gorillas | | | | | Dogma 2001: A Challenge to Game Designers | | | | | Brian Moriarty on Text RPGs | | | | | Replayability Part 1: Narrative | | | | | Replayability Part 2: Game Mechanics | | | | | Families, Psychology, and Murder | | | | | The Day the "Fun" Became Real | | | | | Balancing Game with Positive Feedback | | | | | Bad Game Designer, No Twinkie! III | | | | | Technology Inspires Creativity | | | | | Stop Calling Games Addictive | | | | | The Role of Architecture in Video Games | | | | | The Designer's Notebook Turns Five | | | | | What Kind of Designer Are You? | | | | | More Sex(es) in Computer Games | | | | | Defining the Physical Dimension of a Game Setting | | | | | Bad Game Designer, No Twinkie! IV | | | | | In the Beginning Was the Word | | | | | Tuning Puzzle Games For Non-Puzzle Gamers | | | | | Not Just Rappers and Athletes: Minorities in Video Games | | | | | Hardware Designers: Talk to Us! | | | | | Inside a Game Design Company | | | | | What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of NPCs? | | | | | Random Thoughts on Mobile Games | | | | | The Best of the Game Design Workshops | | | | | Designing With Gameplay Modes | | | | | Bad Game Designer V | | | | | Postmodernism and 3 Types of Immersion | | | | | Kicking Butt By the Numbers: Lanchester's Laws | | | | | A Perfect Short Game | | | | | The Perils of Bottom-Up Game Design | | | | | Dramatic Novelty in Games and Stories | | | | | How Many Endings Does A Game Need? | | | | | Educational Games Don't Have to Stink! | | | | | What's On the Designer's Bookshelf? | | | | | The Act - Emotion Control with Single-Knob Gameplay | | | | | A Few Remarks on Creative Play | | | | | Bad Game Designer, No Twinkie VI | | | | | A Letter from the Cockpit | | | | | ou Must Play Facade, Now! | | | | | The Bill of Players' Rights | | | | | The Unique Design Challenge of Pinball Simulations | | | | | The End of Copyright | | | | | Multi-Level Gameplay | | | | | Strange Agents are Profiling Our Games! | | | | | Cheer Up! Video Games Are In Great Shape | | | | | Introducing Ken Perlin's Law | | | | | Bad Game Designer, No Twinkie! VII | | | | | Where's Our Merchant Ivory? | | | | | Revenge of the Highbrow Games | | | | | Employees Leaving? Deal With It! | | | | | PS3 vs Wii - The Designer's Perspective | | | | | Asymmetric Peacefare | | | | | Why Action Games Suck (and What to Do About It) | | | | | Is it Time to Dump EA? | | | | Community Development | | | | Scrapbook and Press Clippings | | | | | Madden Central Interview | | | | | Creation of a Game Interview | | | | | Digital Divide Interview | | | | | Columbine & Computer Games Interview | | | | | New York Times Sunday Magazine Article | | | | | docChicago Interview | | | | | Mit Spielen viel am Hut Article | | | | | AdventureGamers Interview | | | | | Otago Daily Times Article | | | | | Game Programming Italia | | | | | Collins College Commencement Address | | | | | Hackers in Paradise Article | | | | Badges | | | | Design Resources | | | | | The No Twinkie Database | | | | | Journals and Magazines | | | | | Game Industry Events | | | | | Organizations for Game Developers | | | | | Books For Game Designers | | | | | My Perfect Game | | | | My Design Philosophy | | | | | Mi Filosofia del Diseño | | | | Why I Create Games | | | | Quotes for Game Designers | | | | There Is No Weblog Here | | | | The Wanna-Be Page! | | | | | How Not to Write a Letter | | | | | FAQ for Students | | | | Site Map | | | | My Newsletter | | | | Privacy Policy |
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