Click Nothing

design from a long time ago

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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…

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    I can’t remember that moment when I realized that you simultaneously was creative director, lead level designer and script writer…

Category: Immersion

  • Convergence Culture

    Part Five: Gaming Across the Fifth Dimension Revolutionary ideas in science, technology and philosophy don’t exist in isolation in academic institutes, government think tanks, or corporate R&D labs, they touch all aspects of our culture. The ideas of Copernicus, Galileo and Darwin undercut millennia of oppression, giving rise to concepts like literacy, democracy and equality.…

  • Click Nothing Tour 2009 – Part II

    In the beginning, there was nothing It's been a long time in coming, but I have finally put the finishing touches on the Click Nothing Tour 2009. It's going to be a long and complex one, but it should be fun. One talk, seven cities, ten days. The talk, as detailed in a previous post,…

  • Click Nothing Tour 2009 – Part I

    So for those who missed it in the microsecond that it flew past on Twitter, I will be keynoting the GameX Industry Summit conference taking place in Philadelphia on Oct 24-25. Here are the working title and summary of the talk I plan to give: The Territory is not the Map: Hyper Realism and the New…

  • 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…

  • Mixing Metaphors: Camera and HUD in GRAW

    In general I’m not going to bother to review games here. If you want a review of GRAW, go here. What I will do, though, is try to talk a bit (more) about what I learn specifically from specific games that I play. Here I’m gonna talk about what I learned about Camera and HUD…