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Game Placebo

Posted: December 24, 2012 Under: Game Design By 24 Comments

Homeopathy, for those who don’t know, is a form of alternative “medicine”. It involves diluting an active medicinal ingredient into a solution so many times that there ends up being a mathematically near-zero chance of the solution containing even a single molecule of the active ingredient. Yet the United States spent 3.1 billion on homeopathic … Continue reading "Game Placebo"

Instant Ambiguity Sauces

Posted: October 01, 2012 Under: Game Design By 102 Comments

The practice of game design is one creating a functioning system that players can explore. I don’t mean explore as in “reveal areas of a map”, but explore as in push the frontiers of their understanding. Players explore a game through the action of decision-making. When you first start to play a game, you understand … Continue reading "Instant Ambiguity Sauces"