Probably one of the most important part of any visual medium is the position of the camera. The movement, control, speed and placement of the camera can make the difference between a good movie and a great movie, and it’s one of the reasons that highly talented directors are always in great demand (and [...]

Darius already posted this, but I thought I’d post it as well. I think it’s a great read, and actually fairly timely to things I’ve been thinking about recently. It’s an article about the history of Origin brought to you by the Escapist
My question is, why hasn’t anyone made a book / movie [...]

So, as Darius is aware, one of my favorite hobbies (next to game development / design) is cooking. Actually, I’ve wanted to combine those hobbies by making a cooking game, but I think someone beat me to it. At least in Japan.
Anyway, this evening I mad a fairly good dish that I wanted [...]

There may not be a Game Design Challenge today (that was quick eh?) mostly in reverence of Mother’s Day. I spend about 9 hours on the road this weekend and a bunch of time with my family, so there was little time to think of a game design challenge for you all.
That said, I [...]

This is the second weekly challenge I’m offering, even though I really didn’t get to respond to people’s posts from the last one (though I have lots of responses for you, don’t worry). Though this is not the one I originally planned, I decided it might be lots of fun. So here we [...]

So, I was going to make this a post, but I’ve decided that, instead, I’m going to ask it as a mini design challenge, something like what Eric Zimmerman does at GDC, but for everyone that reads my blog, and more focused on themes or techniques that are common in traditional media, but haven’t found [...]