I set out to write a recap of XOXO 2018 and somehow managed to spit out 1500 words without a single mention of any event, speaker, or exhibitor. It’s all about me, baybeee~
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Here are a few thoughts on taking a chance on something big and failing. They're mostly for me, but it's been a while since I did anything to "make the world more open and connected," so, hey, this one's for you too, Facebook.
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Last week, my friends and I put out a massive, novel-length text adventure game. Here’s what I’ve learned since then.
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An epic-length roleplaying video game from Japan and a literary nonfiction masterpiece from the United States may not have a lot in common on the surface. But considered in tandem, they reveal some fundamental truths about the sociopolitical transformations taking place in our world.
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It’s pretty self-explanatory. But hey! Yeah! Web development! Check out the stuff I made! 🙌🏻
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While the Games Done Quick speedrun marathon events events have brought in millions of dollars for charitable causes, they also lend a lot of valuable insight into the tenets of good game design. Here’s how I approach each GDQ event and where I find the most value as a game-maker and as a student of the medium.
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Your prayers have been answered: here’s a real update about some upcoming games.
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Well, this is…um. Wow.
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What I’ve been listening to, and what I think you might also like listening to, is pretty much what this article’s about.
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I've always wondered how people design and program some of the really fancy game broadcasting presentations. As it turns out, there are some awesome open-source tools out there. Here's a quick intro to nodecg, the library used for Games Done Quick.
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I don't know what to say except this this feels so right.
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There's nothing wrong with making a challenging game. But as game designers—people who curate experiences for others to enjoy—shouldn't we design for as broad an audience as possible?
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F-Zero is all about speed—and sometimes that's enough.
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Star Fox may look like a low-poly shooter on rails—and it is. But it's also a masterwork of careful design considerations that succeeded at ushering a new generation gracefully into a new paradigm for playing games.
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Mega Man X endures as the gold standard of the series because of two brilliant concepts that it executes in tandem and with impeccable grace: remix replayability and parallel contextual frameworks.
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As a consumer device, the SNES Classic is a brilliant, well-constructed little toy. But as a time capsule of game-design principles, it's an absolute treasure.
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A long-overdue update about what I've been up to and where I'm going from here. It's bittersweet to leave something behind, but there are more exciting things on the horizon.
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