I’m Back, Baby.
Hey, guess what? I didn’t know I was going to take a (looks over at date on previous post) THREE MONTH HIATUS?~??!!!? Jeeeeebus who do I think I am, anyway? Wow, looking back previously, I’ve realized...
View ArticleEverything Old is New Again
Now more than ever, I find myself with even less time to actually play games, and so I’m looking for experiences that involve smaller bites of gameplay that don’t ask me to spend hours and hours at a...
View ArticleThe Left 4 Dead Personality Mod
That you’ll never play.* Awhile ago Justin Keverne wrote a piece, the Taxonomy of Left 4 Dead, which compared the characters in L4D to the MUD definitions of online game players set forth by Richard A....
View ArticleWhy Focus Testing is Important
So HP recently developed a smart web cam that will track your face as you move around a room (I don’t know, don’t ask me, maybe some people do web conferencing/skype/nudie cam while standing up). It...
View ArticleChanging the Rules
Making a game that stands the test of time and can endure for multiple generations is a challenge. The rules you use to create the game define how it is played. Sometimes they’re good enough to last,...
View ArticleA Narrative Trumping Mechanic
(Warning, this post contains spoilers. If you haven’t played Batman: Arkham Asylum, stop reading now). A year late to the party, I grabbed Arkham Asylum GOTY edition a month or two ago on the...
View ArticleHi There
Where do I begin? I’ve been hiding behind Spitfire for so long, it feels a bit weird going back to being public now. I suppose I should introduce myself. Hi. I’m Steve Bowler. It’s nice to finally...
View ArticleStandoff-ish
Last month, while I was crunching my butt off a friend alerted me that Tim Rogers wrote a lengthy retrospective on the Quick Time Event in Game Developer Magazine, and he was praising something I...
View ArticlePaint the Line TCG: The Case
Had an AMAZING time demo-ing Paint the Line with all of the people who came out to Beta test with us out at PAX EAST this weekend! Kiko and I are eternally grateful for all of the support everyone...
View ArticleThe Problem With E3, Booth Babes, and Gaming’s Gender Bias
Is that it’s not the problem. It’s the symptom. In the past two weeks, no less than four gender bias issues have rocked gaming news. Things got kicked off with Hitman: Absolution’s trailer. Then E3 got...
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