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    I’m one of the author’s in the 2022 opdc (didn’t win anything, still trying to bear up under the shame…

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    Thank you for this very interesting collection, and for wrestling with the obviously mixed feelings on this anniversary. And thank…

Category: Games

  • Guitar Hero III – Dole Nostalgia

    So I finally managed to find Guitar Hero 3, and started playing it yesterday. It’s tight and polished and I’m really enjoying it so far. It seems a little tougher than Guitar Hero 2, but that’s okay… I find Hard to be too damn hard and Medium on GH2 was a bit too easy, so…

  • A Teacher’s Primer

    Middle of last week, The Globe and Mail published an interesting and well-written article about the Canadian Teacher’s Federation (ironically abbreviated ‘CTF‘) calling for a ban on the X360 and Wii release of Rockstar’s Bully: Scholarship Edition. Before getting into it I want to praise the unbiased and seemingly well-informed writing of the article itself…

  • The Olsen Saga – Part VIII – Olsen vs Mr Freeze

    So I was getting a bit worried having not received my shipping container to send Olsen back to the repair center, but it arrived today. Three days. Totally acceptable considering that Montreal was nuked by like 30cm of snow Tuesday night and is still recovering. We’re expecting another 30cm Saturday, and I assume the storm…

  • The Olsen Saga – Part VII – RROD

    I feel like Frank Herbert or something… after the first triology becomes two trilogies, and we think it’s all finished, I have to suddenly write another trilogy. I came home from work today at around 8:00pm and turned on my new improved Olsen so I could pipe some MP3s over my wireless to play through…

  • GDC 2008 – Part Two – Game Design Workshop

    So this year Mark Leblanc invited me to join the faculty of the Game Design Workshop. The GDW is the 2-day Tutorial that runs on the Monday and Tuesday prior to ‘GDC-proper’ where we conduct a series of design excercises to familiarize designers (or anyone) with important design concepts like paper prototyping, fast iteration, and…

  • GDC 2008 – Part One – My Slides

    Finally got around to posting my slides from both the Game Designer’s Rant and my Immersion talk. You can grab them over on the right along with all the presentations I have ever done. You don’t need my permission to give these presentations to your coworkers or students or do whatever the hell you want…

  • Our Man in Havana Returns

    It’s been a long time since I posted – but I have a real excuse, with links to prove it. Aside from Christmas, and an extra week of vacation in Havana I managed to squeeze in as a result of the game being delayed, I’ve been busy as hell meeting with the press and promoting…

  • Can a computer game make you cry?

    Yes. (thanks to Pat who sent the link)

  • Lodes of fun

    Busy shipping game. No time to post. Just wanted to share a link to a short article on Kotaku where I talked about the joys of Lode Runner and it’s amazing level editor.

  • Portal – The Cliff’s Notes Version

    Finally got Guitar Hero 2 a couple months ago, and now Guitar Hero 3 is out. Then came Bioshock. I grabbed Battlestations: Midway and DiRT (someone has to play games that aren’t getting 10/10), and also grabbed Halo 3. Assassins is next week. Call of Duty 4, Mass Effect and Crysis are less than a…