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  • More on Phoenix Wright and other Capcom faire

    Since I wrote about Phoenix Wright once, I just want to mention that this article on how it relates to the real Japanese court system is fascinating.  Phoenix Wright’s Objection at the Escapist.  Here I thought it was describing some kind of imaginary future-court of Japan and didn’t really resemble the real system… Still playing…

  • The Only Super Street Fighter IV Review You’ll Ever Need

    You’ll really really like it if you’re in to this sort of thing. (Note: a fair percent of game reviews in general feel like this to me.)

  • Hey. I Liked The Romance Options in Mass Effect 2.

    …why didn’t you? By “you,” of course, I mean… the mainstream blogosphere. I don’t mean the fans of the series, who are writing about them furiously on wikis and posting countless videos to YouTube, enough that I can easily browse through the options I am missing by playing female Shepard. But generally it seems like…

  • Interfaces 2010

    Our local game development oriented one-day event is happening on May 22, in Troy Michigan! More information to be found at: http://www.iadtdetroit.com/interfaces_2009.asp

  • Float Like a Butterfly – 20 Years of Street Fighter

    Forgive me the fact that I’ve been browsing through some Tim Rogers writing lately, and along with the release of the 20th Anniversary Street Fighter art book recently, this makes me want to wax long and poetic about Street Fighter. Every so often in life one has a brush with something that changes us forever. I’ve already…

  • Achievements Considered Harmful? (How do we motivate students?)

    This post is a response to the Chris Hecker talk given Day One of the main GDC conference this year. I’ll write a synopsis of this talk, “Achievements Considered Harmful?”, in my own words, but I’m not the first person to do so. See also Game Set Watch’s writeup and this writeup from David Sirlin (scroll…

  • GDC’s Day 2 Keynote

    There is video!  Watch it here. No one ever said, I love your game, but I win too much…  🙂

  • GDC days 2 and 3

    Notes exist but are not compiled.  Real post later!

  • GDC 2010 Thursday Report

    This writeup will cover the sessions I attended on Thursday of GDC (Day One of the main conference)…. or at least those ones I can talk about. My writeup will go a little long so I’ll set up a jump, which may also be useful if you don’t want any potentially spoiler information about Metroid,…

  • GDC 2010 Report: Create Something

    Hi internet!  I’m currently at GDC 2010. This is my first time attending. I attend a lot of events but I do not usually have a laptop, so I’m still getting used to the idea of being connected on the road. I’m going to do my best to write a bit about my experiences here…