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The Nemesis of Narrative   The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutra’s community. The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company.   Many of the things I will say Ive said before, but in different versions. However, I wouldnt bring up the conventions regarding the sharp line between the narrative and the game if it werent due to a rece...

Super Mario Bros. 3, and one of my all-time favorite games is Super Mario 64, so I have a deep connection to this series. I’ve played most of the 2D and 3D games, but like others, I skipped the Wii U entry, so I’m new to 3D World. Gabriel Roth: I spent many hours with Super Mario Bros. on the NES, which is really the core video game experience for me. After that, I didn’t really play games for 30 years. Then I had kids and got a Switch during the pandemic and got Mario Kart and Odyss...

Lessons Learned From Teaching Game Design by Lars Kalthoff on 02/16/21 10:54:00 am   The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutra’s community. The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company.   I’ve spent the past six months teaching game design at the Cologne Game Lab, a German university dedicated ...

Warner Bros. Interactive has applied for a patent on the nemesis system that is used in Shadow of Mordor and its sequel, Shadow of War. The system is one that personalises orc NPCs in response to actions players take against them, PC Gamer. As per the report, it is a patent for nemesis characters, forts, social vendettas and followers in computer games. The report cited Mark Browns Game Makers Toolkit video where he compared it to the patented floating arrow that tells players where to go i...

Opera now has an entire Gaming division on January 20, 2021, 17:29 What just happened? Opera released the worlds "first" gaming browser back in 2019: Opera GX. It features RAM and CPU usage limiters, a dedicated tab for tracking game release dates, and several other features designed to appeal to PC gamers. However, Operas gaming ambitions dont stop there: it has just purchased YoYo Games, the folks behind one of the most newbie-friendly game engines on the market; GameMake...

Zen and the art of retro level design in “Kudzu” by Christopher Totten on 12/14/20 10:48:00 am     The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutra’s community. The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company.   A lot, if not most, level design writing is about 3D levels, to the point where I’ve see...

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There were dead enders, but they werent a small group. theyre a fairly large group of nixonian dead enders up until there were tapes. when the tapes came out, it was hard, tangible proof. >> george wallace, people like that? >> yeah, and once you see something or hear something that cannot be refuted. that changes things. we have documents and allegations and testimony. he can dismiss by saying these are disgruntled ex-employees, angry democrats. all the media conspiring against me. once we actu...

Werent a small group. theyre a fairly large group of nix sewnian dead enders up until there were tapes. when the tapes came out, it was hard, tangible proof. >> george wallace, people like that? >> yeah, and once you see something or hear something that cannot be refuted. that changes things. we have documents and allegations and testimony. he can dismiss by saying these are disgruntled ex-employees, angry democrats. all the media conspiring against me. once we actually see primary evidence, tha...

Pope francis will declare that two of his predecessors are here in spirit while the man he succeeded pope benedict looks on. >> you know who i feel bad for there? pope benedict because it cannot be easy to be the fourth most popular pope in the room. >> i think that show is going to become very popular very quickly. many call it the worst game ever. game maker atari literally tried to bury it back in the 1980s. you cant keep a bad game down. ♪ ♪ >> its like pacman. >> ataris e.t., mika. chec...