We obviously don’t want people to be jerks when we play games with them. But to what degree is our game itself kind of being a jerk? To what extent are our competitive games advocating players to be as toxic as possible? And what alternatives do we have to the traditional D&D / war-game based […]
CGD Podcast Episode 28: Responsible Theming for Competitive Games Read More »
Had a great conversation with Richard Terrell, designer of Bara Bari Ball who’s currently working on designoriented.net. He’s also been on the podcast before, so I would go back and listen to Episode 6 where we spoke earlier this year. The conversation went really well. We talked about language, “broad vs. narrow statements”, Auro and
CGD Podcast Episode 27: Broad Statements with Richard Terrell Read More »
This episode is undoubtedly my most vulnerable episode, wherein I talk about the failure of Auro, a game that I believe in strongly and which I worked on for six years. I talk about the process and the struggle of dealing with that and how it has re-shaped my way of looking at art. It’s
CGD Episode 26: Auro, and my change in philosophy Read More »
This week, I’m talking about FPS (First Person Shooter) games, something I’ve spent a good chunk of my life playing. I think we really misunderstand these things, as the correct distinction is probably just “shooter” – and probably it’s time that we moved on from them. If you enjoyed the episode, please consider becoming
CGD Podcast Episode 25 – On FPS Games Read More »
I did a Twitter poll recently: What would you say is the default/ideal number of players for strategy games? — Keith Burgun (@keithburgun) May 17, 2016 Most people (almost half!) voted that there “is no default/ideal”. That probably sounds like a safe, reasonable choice, but it’s really a pretty bold claim to say that there
The Default Number of Players is One Read More »
Today we have another episode with Frank Lantz, game designer, writer, and Director of the NYU Game Center. Today’s show involved two major topics: execution, and my seemingly crazy idea about how single-player should probably be the “default” number of players for a strategy game (something I’m going to be writing an article about soon).
CGD Podcast Episode 24 – Execution and Single-Player Games, with Frank Lantz Read More »
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