Posts Tagged ‘videogame’

Game design innovation… in today’s market?

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under game design

I guess a few game designers were paying attention The game design plaint that I most routinely dispense is doubtlessly one you’re familiar with. Game design is a dying craft. Publishers have forgotten what makes great games. Sequels are the spawn of Satan. But maybe I was wrong. A few fresh game design ideas are [...]

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Read more | Comments (3) | Nov 27, 2008

The videogame writing smackdown of the month

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under Game Writing

The videogame writing quandry Videogame writing often gets overlooked in the modern videogame development process. There’s no hiding from the raw facts. From EGM’s review of Alone in the Dark for Xbox 360: AITD wants to emulate the presentation of serial television, but neither the writing nor the “performances” compare to even TV’s least-essential shows. [...]

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Read more | Comments (4) | Sep 30, 2008

JJ Abrams’ Lost Thoughts on Creativity

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under game design

JJ Abrams’ Lost Thoughts, get it? Ha ha… sorry. Anyhow, a friend recently turned me on to TED.com, a site where you can view talks from the cognoscenti from all sorts of incredible fields and backgrounds. On TED, I recently found this entertaining and thoughtful lecture by JJ Abrams, the creative guy behind Lost, Cloverfield, [...]

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Read more | Comments (2) | Aug 31, 2008

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