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			Celluloid to Silicon
			The Challenge of the Interactive Movie
			The Secret of Eternal (Product) Life
			Some Practical Problems of Immortality
			Eurostylin': An American Game Designer in Europe
			Will Computer Games Ever Be a Legitimate Art Form?
			Why We Shouldn't Make Games
			The Philosophical Roots of Computer Game Design
			Interactive Narratives Revisited
			A New Vision for Interactive Stories
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			Teachers, Computers, Games, and Designers
			Ten Commandments for Game Development Education
			The Promise of India
			Single-Player, Multiplayer, MMOG
		About My Lectures
		About That Hat
		Online Articles
			Of Good Guys and Bad Guys, Generals and Gangsters
			Putting Madden in Madden
			From Casual to Core: Statistical Method for Studying Gamer Dedication
			The Story Behind Dungeon Keeper 3
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			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, N�o Ganha Bolo
				Vilain Designer! Pas de biscuit pour toi!
			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
				Une le�on de sym�trie
			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
				Rendons sa magie a la magie
			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
				Trois probl�mes de la narration interactive
			Letter From a Dungeon
			Some Thoughts on Archaic Language
			Bad Game Designer, No Twinkie II
			Death (and Planescape: Torment)
				La mort (et 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
			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 the Three 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
			You 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?
			Why Design Documents Matter
				Dlaczego projekty pisemne sa wazne
			Bad Game Designer, No Twinkie! VIII
			Ten Years of Great Games
			Damn All Gameplay Patents!
			Difficulty Modes and Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment
			The Tao of Game Design
			Bad Game Designer, No Twinkie! IX
			The Moral Panic Isn't Over Yet
			Numbers, Emotions, and Behavior
			The Genre That Would Not Die!
			Sorting Out the Genre Muddle
			How to Write Sports Commentary
			Bad Game Designer, No Twinkie! X
			Selling Hate and Humiliation
			Preventing the Downward Spiral
			Sandbox Storytelling
			Don't March, Dance!
			Bad Game Designer, No Twinkie! XI
			Introducing the Blitz Online
			Eight Ways to Make a Bad Tutorial
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			Mit Spielen viel am Hut
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			Mi Filosofia del Dise�o
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