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Working As Designed
For about a month now, I’ve been taking a game design class through General Assembly. There is so much to learn, many interesting readings, and discussions in response to the readings, and surprisingly complex class projects. We meet Wednesday nights … Continue reading
Posted in Brooklyn, Gaming Culture, New York City
Tagged coffee, Dunkin' Donuts, G Train, game design, games, general assembly, New York City, time management
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Pong Backlash
Atari‘s announcement of their upcoming $100,000 Pong Indie Developer Challenge came as a bit of a surprise to me, after their recent app-store cleansing of any indie games with any mechanics similar to existing indie games. Chris Priestman writes on … Continue reading
Game Designer
Credit: Sheri Graner Ray Just for the record, my parents don’t think I fingerpaint all day. They know my job involves a computer. Edit: If there were room for one more, it would be “What some players think I do”. … Continue reading
18 to 35
I usually feel pretty good about being a woman working in games. Sure, other feminists protest, and write books, and pass legislation. Women around the world risk injury or prosecution. But my huge move for women’s equality is doing a … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged casual games, game culture, game design, games, girls play that too?, New York City, why's it gotta be pink?
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Iron Game Dev
Saturday morning at IndieCade was the Iron Game Dev Challenge. I was excited to see so man creative devs together, and I’m kind of fascinated by what goes into a game. No matter how many games I playtest or how … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles, New Jersey
Tagged Brenda Brathwaite, game design, games, indiecade, Los Angeles, New Jersey
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In My Bookmarks…
Short but awesome post on Assumed Knowledge from Teaching Game Design about being a game designer: If you tell people you’re a game designer, one of the two typical reactions is “hey, I have this great idea for a game…” … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Other Blogs
Tagged awesome, Books, chinese, Eric, game design, in the news, New Jersey, other blogs, teaching, World of WarCraft, WoW
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Blogs I Read
A gaijin, a megook and a laowai walk into a bar… Mutant Frogs is my friend Roy’s blog about Japan, and MantisBot is Garan’s blog about Korean life. Interesting that three of us from my high-school crew ended up in … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged bloggers, China, China blog, chinese, Chinese life, chinesepod, Cyberlore, Facebook, game design, gaming, Garan, Humanaught, LOST, New York City, sinosplice, Stick, teaching
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Jeb on Playboy, Bully and more
Sometimes I have girl-gamer blinders on, and I forget that there are other subcultures in video gaming. This interview with Jeb Havens (formerly of Cyberlore) on gay content in games talks about the testosterone zone of game design and game … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged Chinese life, Cyberlore, game culture, game design, games, gaming, girls play that too?, my boyfriend, New York City, reading
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