Classroom gaming
Video games in the classroom explores the use of games as a teaching tool. Salen’s theory goes like this: building a game — even the kind of simple game a sixth grader might build — is equivalent...
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Tuning Canabalt
The developer behind Canabalt has written an article about tuning the game to achieve the feel that players expect. The post includes details about the selection of aspect ratio, the hitbox and the...
View ArticleThe Making of Goldeneye
Paul Drury on the making of Goldeneye for the Nintendo 64, the game that everyone had. A key part of that appeal was the infamous Licence to Kill. GoldenEye was a first-person shooter of course, but...
View ArticleHow those claw games work
Zach Baker describes how the claw crane arcade games actually work. Basically, most crane games are designed so the claw is randomly (and only once in many games) strong enough to let players win. Some...
View ArticleSuper Mario Brothers is too hard for new gamers
The majority of test gamers were unable to complete the first level of Super Mario Brothers. Around 90 percent of the test participants were unable to complete the first level of Super Mario Brothers....
View ArticleOn Diplomacy
In The Board Game of the Alpha Nerds, David Hill, participates in an international competition of Diplomacy. I still don’t know whom I should have trusted, if anyone. All I know is that I felt stupid,...
View ArticleUnearthing Atari’s E.T.
The video game tie-in for E.T. was an epic failure. Atari sent hundreds of thousands of unsold copies to the dump. Joshua Wheeler reports on their excavation in The Glitch in the Video-Game Graveyard...
View ArticleDoom II’s final secret revealed after 24 years
Doom II’s final secret revealed after 24 years
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Wordle
Wordle seems to be the game of the moment on social media. This was my first attempt a few days ago. The last few times I’ve been using audio as my starting word (4/5 vowels) Worth noting that the...
View ArticleWordle is a love story
As a follow-up to yesterday’s post, an NYT piece on the game’s origin, Wordle Is a Love Story The word game has gone from dozens of players to hundreds of thousands in a few months. It was created by...
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