nerfbat.com - 4/23/2009
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Oh noes, Cuppycake got controversial , which roused the interwebs into angry rebuttal . Let the flame wars rage! Actually, what she says isn’t very controversial. “Do they (game design bloggers) know what they’re talking about? Are they even good designers?” To which I answer, ...
cuppycake.org - 4/23/2009
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So, I have a question. And it might
start some negative reaction, and while that’s not my...
intent - I just want to hear what you all to say on the subject: Industry Game Design Bloggers. We all know that professional video game designers who ...
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A Controversial Question - Game Design Bloggers
nerfbat.com - 4/22/2009
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nerfbat.com —
Every game designer has his quirks. One of
the most important things to do when you become...
a game designer (or in any job, really) is to figure out what works best for you–how do you produce your best work? For some people, they just push ...
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Broken Toys —
... to make game
it may be awesome or not
i want to make game
– Matthew Weigel’s awesome whiteboard haiku/commentary on game development
Do YOU want to make game? Then you probably blog about it! Cuppycake tried to be controversial and failed on the topic, because everyone agreed with her. (Aww, it’s OK. Just belittle a PvP game, that usually works for me.) It’s already created a fiesta of trackbacks, and instead of saying yet another “yeah, what they said”, I’ll ...
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