Students Making Games Out of Math, Science
University students in Guelph, Ontario will be showcasing their original games based on math and science: University of Guelph engineering…
The Path
This looks interesting: “There is a single rule in the game, but it needs to be broken. There is a…
Risk in MMO Design
Wolfshead recently published a thoughtful and extensive essay about risk, skill, and related topics in game design. Here’s an excerpt:…
“Sims” Creator To Debut Crowd-Sourced, Choose-Your-Own-Adventure TV Show
Will Wright, creator of The Sims, Sim City and Spore will be co-producing a new program on CurrentTV called “Bar…
Learn Game Design By Playing With Legos
Zen Albatross writes: My colleague and former classmate Graham shared with me this customizable Lego board game as a means…
The First-Person Observer
Go read The First-Person Observer. Do it now. Via Rock Paper Shotgun.
Lessons in Building Information Modeling Adoption
“The whole process becoming like a video game design with everyone together working around one work space for a true…
Valve to Publish Defense of the Ancients 2
Game developer/publisher Valve is currently working on Defense of the Ancients 2. “Valve’s approach to Dota 2” — according to…
Traffic Mimes
“The people of Bogota were more concerned about social disapproval than traffic fines, and so mimes [were hired] to playfully…
Scott Steinberg on Games as Art
Scott Steinberg asks: who says video games aren’t art? Detractors can rightly argue that not every game technically fits the…