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 [...]
Jedis in Manhattan
On my way back from DC, I had the pleasant experience of once again having my first leg of the flight delayed and thus running through the terminal to catch the connection. US Airways was less than apologetic about the possibility that my luggage may once again not make the connection with me and I [...]
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 [...]
No Designer Artists at E3?
I wonder where all the funny game designers are if not E3. I was thinking a great addition to the Off Panel line of comics would be a webcomic that’s about the mechanics and design of games. Not just videogames in general but the mechanics of it like my friend Wyatt’s blog but in comic [...]
Robin Williams Plays Spore
I was able to attend a Wired party during E3 where Will Wright of The Sims and SimCity (and really, anything Sim) fame was giving the latest demo of Spore. Spore is a game where you go basically from amoeba all the way up to intergalactic travel and all the evolutionary steps in between.
Much like [...]
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 [...]
Action Based Gaming
This video just made me want to work at Nintendo*. While the XBox 360 is just more of the same, Nintendo continues to push boundaries and take risks, making them a true video game company and innovator. I wonder what the user tests were like when building this.
*No, I’m not thinking of quitting when I [...]
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: [...]
Taking Flight
Several travel related news. Firstly, I am flying out to NYC and Boston tomorrow. Primarily to attend Jared Spool and co’s User Interface 9 Conference for which we did the promotional comic for but also to meet my east coast friends and family, old and new. Until I started planning the trip, I had no [...]
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Kevin Cheng is a global nomad who's settled in San Francisco after calling Vancouver, Hong Kong, Austin and London his homes. Founder of Off Panel Productions and OK/Cancel. Director of Product Strategy at Raptr, a social network for gamers, and former designer of Pipes and Bravonation at Yahoo!. Presenter on numerous design subjects. Reachable at kc -at- this domain.
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