I’ve been re-reading a book I read for my thesis, If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino, and I’ve found some of the passages that never made it into the thesis, but heavily influenced my current assertion that when playing a game, you are not playing yourself, but a character based in [...]

As published by Gamedev, Games are Art has a list of books “every designer must read.” I’ve read most of the books on the list or have a passing knowledge of them (I’ve been bad and haven’t picked up Raph’s book yet). I’d like to also offer my personal recommendations. Not [...]

Because of spam, I’ve been required to add a post validator to the blog. Very minor change, but just remember to fill it out, otherwise you’ll loose your comment, and you don’t want that.
I’ve also written a short fundamental assumptions of game design page for myself. Initial comments are welcome. I intend [...]