Comment: Why Virtual Worlds are Designed By Newbies

At Gamasutra, one finds a good article entitled Why Virtual Worlds are Designed By Newbies – No, Really! . It performs excellent analysis upon the current and future state of virutal worlds (MUDS, MMORPGs, MMOGs, etc). In short there are four main reasons driving the design of virtual worlds:

Virtual worlds live or die by [...]

November 3rd, 2004 | Category: Games, Play | Comments are closed

Ask Google: Creating Romance

This speaks for itself. According to Google, the #1 way to create romance in marriage. Classic ;)

August 17th, 2004 | Category: Fun, General | Comments are closed

Experiments in Fiction: Case 2

Last time I looked at the character Sirak who is haunted by a tragedy in his past. A tragedy that is hidden from his own consciousness but surfaces periodically to horrify and mystify. This time we will study The Edwards.

The premise is simple: often we have regrets, things a person wishes he did or [...]

June 30th, 2004 | Category: IF | Comments are closed

Clarification: Experiments in Fiction

After reading my previous post I realized my premise, although expressed, was hidden. Let me restate it. Often when a person writes there is little input beyond the author’s imagination. Certainly at times authors do some research, even collaborate with experts in a certain field. However, in the end it is left to the Author’s [...]

June 22nd, 2004 | Category: IF | Comments are closed

Experiments in Fiction

One delightful benefit of particpating in Interactive fiction is the ability to experiment with concepts, test with uncontrolled (uncontrolled by the author of the concept) characters and understand how the concept affects different people. [...]

June 17th, 2004 | Category: IF | Comments are closed
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