Yes, yes they do. Okay, so I woke up in the middle of the night, having dreamed about how to fix the radials in BG III. I don’t even work on that game. The worst part about this is that I can’t really get it out of my head. Sometimes a problem will lodge itself... Continue Reading →
The Issue With Mechanics
Let me preface this by saying that there’s a lot going on in my head right now. I just finished reading Edward Castronova’s Synthetic Worlds and made a lateral jump into Second Person, edited by Harrigan and Wardrip-Fruin. Because Second Person is from 2007, the ludo-narrative war is ongoing, even in these pages. The interesting... Continue Reading →
UX Design – Experiences and Expectations
This is a UX design presentation that I held at our internal DevDays at Sharkmob this year. It is something I’ve been thinking about lately, so this is not a fully formed theory, it’s more of a hypothesis. This is about setting expectations and primarily it is about WHO sets the expectations for me. Is... Continue Reading →
Trudging up the Mountain
I’ve been to Alfheim, I’ve collected the light, I’ve killed the dragon and chopped off the head of a guy stuck in a tree, and Kratos is still completely uninteresting to me. I know, I know, still a lot of game to go, but come on! I’m so surprised that a game like The Order... Continue Reading →
Interactive
I’m reading yet another 20 year old book on interactivity and interaction design. It’s written by Chris Crawford and so far, together with Derek Burill’s Die Tryin’, is one of the lest dude bro-y books written by men that I’ve read. It also puts the finger on an issue I have with the current state... Continue Reading →
Interactivity
I'm reading yet anothe 20 year old book on interactivity and interaction design. It's written by Chris Crawford and so far, together with Derek Burrill's Die Tryin', it is one of the least dude broe-y books written by men that I've read. It also puts the finger on an issue I have with the current... Continue Reading →