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Posts about the art and science of designing and making videogames.

Analyzing the Game Design of Pokemon

Let's talk about why Pokemon is a good game franchise that fails to be great. Like many of you (fellow) nerds, I first encountered Pokemon by playing Red/Blue when I was like... 11 maybe? It was great! Finally, a gameboy game kinda like Final Fantasy Legend 2 which was

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How to Design Games for Maximum Fun and Staying Power

Let's talk about videogame design a little bit today. When I was in college, I wanted to be a game designer/producer. I was obsessed. Read religiously, thought deeply, even started a game company with a friend when I was working at Amazon. While I've never successfully brought a full