Games and the Practice of Decision
Games are more important than you may think.
A Meta-Game – Shadow Complex and Double Fantasy
A metagame
Art, Play, and Games
“Play itself is a lot like art. It’s one thing to talk about making games as art, but playing has a lot in common with art; play is experimental like art is, it’s creative … it’s flexible … it’s immersive. You get in...3 Important Lessons I Learned from the Video Game Portal
Games are increasingly being recognized as having educational potential. For example, The Escapist points to an article listing a top 25 sims and games for the classroom. But even games that do not consider themselves “edutainment” can hold...MMOs and Ownership
Richard Bartle is a major name in game design. He is likely best known for having created Multi-User Dungeons (MUDs) – a precursor to the Massively multiplayer worlds that we see nowadays. He also has an excellent paper where he, I believe, pioneered the...
