Time, Space and Narrative
Generally, we tend to think about things like narrative, history and storytelling in terms of time. Many forms of media favor this kind of temporal logic. When we watch a movie, we sit down and watch as the story unfolds…
Videogame Theorist, Game Developer and Interdisciplinary Nerd
Videogame Theorist, Game Developer and Interdisciplinary Nerd
Category Game Design
Worlds of Bookcraft
As I mentioned last week, I ended up with pages worth of notes after this year’s Frontiers of New Media symposium and a number of ideas that have been floating around in my head ever since. I decided to start…
Old Weird Games: Fester’s Quest
You can really do a lot with game design. Designers can create worlds of deep richness, complex and dynamic stories, and innovative ways of interacting with the game world. More often than not, though, development studios opt to simply take…
Poor Unfinished Games
Since I didn’t make it to GDC this year, I haven’t heard about any amazing presentations that were given. There was a fair amount of buzz on Twitter about some of the really bad presentations, but it seems that people…
Best Game Ever
As part of my job doing outreach for the physics department, I often accompany my boss to help her with science demos for kids. One of her favorite things to do while introducing me is mention that I study videogames…