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Game mechanics, videogames, use of games

IA Summit: Inspiration From the Edge

I’ve often believed that the best designers don’t get their ideas and inspiration from the place they work. As a designer that works in the social web space, I do look at a large number of new sites that come through the pipeline for inspiration. However, I also am a big advocate of experimenting with [...]

History of Video Games 1972-2007

When we visited my parents in February, it occurred to my dad that both my brother Jamie and I now work in the video game industry. Jamie started his own company, Klei Entertainment, whilst I joined an early stage startup for gamers called Raptr. My dad said,

I let you guys play too many video games [...]

Iminlikewithyou and Game Design in the Web

A friend of mine pestered me to join a new site about a month ago. I had heard of it. From what I had heard, it was a new dating site with the worst name: iminlikewithyou (iilwy). As in “I’m not in love with you but maybe I’m in like with you.” The name alone [...]

A Monopoly on Monopoly Rules

I don’t get it. As some of you know, I grew up in a number of cities/countries/continents (well ok, mostly HK and Vancouver - the rest probably isn’t considered “growing up” tho I’d make a case for it). Where was I? So I played Monopoly as a kid like everyone else but I probably played [...]

Self Pontificates and Subsequently Self is of the Existence

KC: y’know KC: i hate the tycho writing style sometimes KC: the whole “i shall use long words or confuse an otherwise simple sentence to make it look like i’m a better writer than i am” KC: “mallows of the marsh” JC: where’s he say “mallows of the marsh”?? KC: he doesn’t JC: but yeah i [...]

LAPE3 POP

This weekend, I’ll be at the Alternative Press Expo (APE) for the first time. I’m glad that there’s a strong independent creator community here in San Francisco and am looking forward to a different crowd from the design conferences. Brandon and Nicole have graciously offered to share their table with Min Jung, Courtney, Robert and [...]

Eets Canada Day

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Jamie and Mike, originally uploaded by kev/null.



My brother returned from Seattle the other day and said, “Penny Arcade is going to mention us!”

K: [...]