Category: Game Theory & Design

  • A Snark By Any Other Name

    Recently I’ve decided playing a most dangerous and unwise game.  A player engrossed in said game may find it so addictive, may throw caution and wise judgement into the wind.  Let me present to you the game of snarking. snarking (v): (1) The delivery of sarcastic but humorous comments.  The humour may be lost on…

  • Serenity in Games

    I found this post on Slashdot a few days ago. In essence, Jenova Chen a USC grad created a neat little game called Flow . Jenova wrote the Flash game for his thesis on “flow” or total immersion in games. A great game immerse a player so that the person does not feel like he…