L.B. Jeffries has a nice essay up on the idea of 'games as languages' — a combination of coercing players to take…
Gamasutra has a fun essay up from Ben Schneider, formerly of Iron Lore Entertainment and currently narrative…
There's a very interesting article over at Eludamos, one of the open-access academic journals that's done a nice…
Danc at Lost Garden has an interesting post up on themes in games and the effect on game design: while there are…
Michael Abbott of the Brainy Gamer has a great piece up on the straw man of the 'quality of narrative' debate…
Malcolm Ryan is putting together a most interesting list of game design-related books — except these are the ones…
I was chatting with a fellow Chinese historian this weekend when he confessed that his interest in Chinese history…
Michael Abbott of the Brainy Gamer has a nice little roundup of some of the current thinking on narrative designs…
I really like the idea of turning classic literature into games, mostly in the form of parodies (but moderately…
Are the ridiculous, wild goose chase puzzles of classic adventure games obsolete? Michael Abbott at the Brainy…
The idea that crafting a compelling game involves multiple parts — narrative design, graphic elements, sound — is…