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I’m going to make a statement, and then I’ll explain why I made that statement and how my thinking goes. The user experience of using cursors in console games is usually an underwhelming and frustrating experience. At this point you… Continue Reading →
Vampire: The Masquerade was released in the middle of the most goth period of all time, the early 90’s, meaning that monsters were most definitely in vogue and that vampires in particular were interesting. We had left the “vampire as… Continue Reading →
Mass Effect 2 introduces the player to the perfect woman. Her name is Miranda Lawson. The back story of Miranda Lawson is this. She was genetically engineered by her father to become the perfect woman. Everything about her is designed,… Continue Reading →
I used to be a producer. I also used to be a game designer. Now I’m a UX designer with the experiences of a game designer and a producer. I’m pretty sure there are producers at companies that I’ve worked… Continue Reading →
I’ve noticed, in my 20.000 odd years as a developer, that some designers have a harder time figuring out how to describe a feature in a way that makes sense to a programmer or a tech designer or just in… Continue Reading →
If you have a desire to annoy art directors, terrify UI artists and make producers sigh, I recommend mentioning localization. Loc is the process of translating your game into several languages, some which won’t use a Latin alphabet. Some which… Continue Reading →