Chris Hendrickson, founder of the Ithaca College Game Developers Club, recently sent me a couple of questions about my work, and my perspectives on game industry legend Chris Crawford: Q1) You’ve referenced Chris Crawford a few times in your newsletters; when in your development as a game designer did his approach inform your own process?… Read more »
Posts Tagged Value of Videogames
Respecting Players
Nov 24, 2009Kids Aren’t Small, Tone-Deaf Animals From Responsibility in Mass Communication by William Rivers, Clifford Christians, Wilbur Schramm (1981 revision; first edition published in 1957): The following is a memorandum from network officials to the production staff responsible for one of the best children’s programs which has appeared so far on television- TO “CAPTAIN KANGAROO” PRODUCTION… Read more »
Questions for Experienced Developers
Jun 27, 20095 question areas that I hope all experienced developers are considering 1. It was difficult for you to get to where you are today, right? What can you do to help others get into it? When get older we’d all like to have better videogames to play. Sooner is better than later to give kids… Read more »
Consequences of What We Make
May 27, 2009Effects of Videogames Many people outside the videogame industry – mostly those that have never played a videogame – have a lot to say about what effects they think videogames have on players. They fear that we are making crime simulators that shorten attention spans, drive people to be anti-social, promote inaction, and waste the… Read more »