Entries from RJ Layton tagged with 'videogames'

GDC 2008: Adult Games vs. Games for Adults

Last week at GDC 2008, I was able to sit in on the Game Designer's Rant. Much of the theme related to what is quickly turning into a dead-horse topic: "Making games with more mature/adult content." Many of these designers...

Thesis Philosophy Series Pt. 1

This is the Part 1 of a series of posts I will be making, called my "Thesis Philosophy Series." In these posts I will be covering various aspects of game design and philosophy in efforts to define my upcoming thesis...

548: Mad Libs

And out it comes......

Thanks, Seth Schiesel

Less than 24 hours since I posted my blog post on why movies suck, I find this. It’s an article by Seth Schiesel titled, “A New Video Game Hopes Expressive Characters Lead to Emotional Attachment.” The hidden subtitle is “Proving...

Movies suck

...A blog post with such a title, coming from a student in USC’s prestigious cinema school? Before accusing me of blasphemy, hear me out. I do not intend to argue that film or cinema itself “sucks.” Certainly there are many...

Yet Another BioShock Rant

First, this rant is obviously going to have spoilers, so avoid it if you haven’t finished it and are planning to. Also, before I get started, let me say that I generally enjoyed BioShock. I actually finished the game, which...