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Video Game Deep Cuts: Hearthstone Boycotts, Concrete Genie, Indie Sales 2
This week's highlights include a look at fallout from Blizzard's 'Hong Kong censorship' controversy, new titles including Concrete Genie, Neo Cab, and John Wick Hex, plus a great look at the reality of indie game sales and lots more.
Oct. 12, 2019
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The simple most difficult challenge of bringing Frostpunk to consoles
Bringing Frostpunk to consoels was challenging. Here's one short tale how UX design theory can get you out of a hole when bringing a survival-city builderes designed for mouse an keyboard with an ambition to make it feel like a native console experience.
Oct. 11, 2019
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Region-Based Narrative
Explanation and Exploration of a narrative structure based on map location that is frequently found in games like Zelda or Metroid.
Oct. 11, 2019
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Hidden Treasures: A look at Scavenger Hunts in two modern Adventure Games
A brief dive into the secondary adventure mechanic of scavenger hunts shows how some titles, like 2018's God of War, create rewarding gameplay and replay-ability, and others are stuck in old outdated practices.
Oct. 11, 2019
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How to get on the front page of imgur
imgur is one of the last remaining marketing platforms where your post can go viral reaching hundreds of thousands of people without paying to boost it, getting an influencer to cover it, or knowing the platform holder personally. Here is how to use it.
Oct. 10, 2019
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Accessibility and Difficulty - Barriers to Art
Who should be able to experience art? While in an ideal world the answer is everybody, there are various groups of players that are unable to engage with video games for numerous reasons. For some that reason may be difficulty, so let's talk about Sekiro.
Oct. 10, 2019
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Kliuless #53: The China Cultural Clash
Each week I compile a gaming industry insights newsletter that I publish broadly. Opinions are mine.
Oct. 9, 2019
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Rimworld, Dwarf Fortress, and procedurally generated story telling
Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld have been named story generators, a type of game in which fun does not come from reaching specific objectives but rather from seeing non-scripted stories play out from the actions of the player.
Oct. 9, 2019
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Unity Addressables: The Final Quiz Analysis
Last week we quizzed you on Unity Addressables. This time, we analyze the results of this quiz, including the top answers the community has chosen. Curious?
Oct. 8, 2019
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Stories in Space
A quick start guide to the art of ludic storytelling.
Oct. 7, 2019
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Living with Vulkan and DirectX 12
Putting aside the theoretical power of Vulkan and DirctX 12 when compared to DirectX 11 how do they do in practice? The answer, not surprising is, it depends.
Oct. 7, 2019
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Kliuless #52: Beachheads and Obstacles
Each week I compile a gaming industry insights newsletter that I publish broadly. Opinions are mine.
Oct. 3, 2019