- Braid Graphic Briefcase - a collection of pieces of art from the recently released, critically acclaimed, Braid.
- The Myths of Developing a Popular Game - some interesting pointers for those who have considered a career in game development
- Azada 2 aka Azada: Ancient Magic, has been released, if you liked the first one then it is well worth considering the sequel as it's even better than before! If you use the coupon code BACKTOSCHOOL before the September 3rd then you will be able to get it with 40% off.
- The Megatrends of Game Design, an interesting look at trends within game design, in particular towards extending the life time of video games in the market today.
- Games Demystified: Portal. A look at the programming of Portal, with sample code. Of particular interest to me because it uses Blitz 3d, the same language I used to use quite regularly.
- 'Spore' designer spills on explicit creatures - Will Wright comments on the recent Sporn (Spore Porn) incidents
- Fun Way to Lose Weight: Turn Dieting Into an RPG
- Challenge vs. Frustration - one of the reasons we no longer play games as we used too?
- Dork Talk - Stephen Fry on Nintendo and how fantastic they are
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Good link again thanks.
Regarding Challenge vs Frustration: I believe that the viewpoint if the author is that of a hardcore gamer because in casual games the idea is to remove all frustration but to maintain challenge that is scalable to the player (e.g. you can choose timed or relaxed mode, you can try to get the expert goals etc)
Jake » I agree with your hardcore v casual games thing. I've got to the stage (age?) where I don't want to be challenged in the way I used too. I want to play, and enjoy games, but if I get stuck for more than ten minutes then I have neither the time or the patience to want to continue... so I don't (or I find a cheat)
Yeah I resort to walkthroughs only when trying something for a certain period of time and failing. After using the walkthough for that one issue I continue playing as I'm not into cheating through the whole game.