There’s an interesting blog post at Armchair Arcade that discusses an evergreen debate: are modern games better than old games, or are they simply different? I don’t think there’s an absolute answer to that, even if you discount technology changes (the main point of his blog post). There’s one thing Read more…
My first posts on the site talked about making an adventure game. I said I’d post more when I had details on it, then… nothing. What happened? I changed my mind about what I wanted to make. I love adventure games, especially games like Myst. The first game I ever Read more…
The topic of realism in games comes up pretty frequently, about a wide range of specific areas like design, art, and physics simulations. I’m going to talk specifically about realism in design for this blog post. What do I mean by realism in design? Here are some examples, from RPGs Read more…