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Alex responds to yesterday’s Cryptonomicon post. He’s got a chart!
From The Archives:
The Truth About Piracy
What are publishers doing to fight piracy and why is it all wrong?
Good Robot Dev Blog
An ongoing series where I work on making a 2D action game from scratch.
Ludonarrative Dissonance
What is this silly word, why did some people get so irritated by it, and why did it fall out of use?
Dead Island
A stream-of-gameplay review of Dead Island. This game is a cavalcade of bugs and bad design choices.
Silent Hill 2 Plot Analysis
A long-form analysis on one of the greatest horror games ever made.
Hey Shamus! Just a heads up; Massawyrm at AICN has been beta testing 4th Edition D&D, and has posted a review here. Just thought you might be interested!
HOMG that 4E review is awesome!
I agree. I read that this morning and almost creamed my pants reading its awesometasticalness.
I’m not sure I believe that review—it was just seemed so one-sided and exuberant. As if they squared the circle and removed all the tradeoffs in game design, e.g.:
“There are benefits to playing WITH type, but never penalties for against. And that makes a WORLD of difference.”