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    justice for player two: balancing couch co-op in video games

    December 12, 2022 /

    The Lego video games are some of my favourite couch co-op experiences.  As a franchise, they have a strong awareness of what they are: pure, wholesome, family fun, and they don’t try to be anything else.  In particular, I enjoy…

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    the last guardian’s trico and companions in video games

    October 24, 2022 /

    In single-player games, the hero is often accompanied by one or more companion characters.  In some cases, the companion fulfills a story purpose, such as the robot Six that accompanies you in Heaven’s Vault, providing commentary on the world’s history and…

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    wingspan bonus cards reference list with applicable birds

    September 26, 2022 /

    Wingspan’s bonus cards showcase the thoughtful balance of the board game.  In the original game, there are twenty-six bonus cards that award the player who has them bonus points for achieving different goals. As an exercise, I’ve created a list…

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    inventing new player types outside the bartle taxonomy’s four

    August 22, 2022 /

    In 1996, co-creator of the first Multi-User Dungeon game (MUD) Richard Bartle published his theory of four player types.  With his theory outlining the motivations of and interactions between achievers, explorers, killers and socialisers1, Bartle set a standard for the…

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    beyond bartle’s taxonomy: discover your game’s player types

    August 8, 2022 /

    Bartle’s Taxonomy of Player Types, or Player Type Theory1, is inescapable when learning about game design.  Since Richard Bartle put down in writing the four player types he found in Multi-User Dungeon games (MUDs) in 1996, the theory has become…

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    what went wrong with hearthstone’s new reward system

    March 8, 2021 /

    In November 2020, Blizzard revamped Hearthstone‘s reward system in a major way for the first time since the popular card game’s release in 20141.  But after the new reward system’s release on 11th November, there was an outcry amongst unhappy…

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    recipe for horror: asymmetric multiplayer and slasher video games

    October 13, 2020 /

    Since it’s spooky season, I thought I’d write a post on a game mode that is the perfect match for horror video games.  I’m talking about asymmetric multiplayer, in which different players play and experience the game in a different…

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    gotham knights’ 4 playable bat-family characters: hopes and fears

    August 28, 2020 /

    One of my latest lockdown activities has been playing the eleven-year-old video game that put Batman games on the map, Arkham Asylum. That nostalgia, combined with my love of Batman, games and comics, had me on the edge of my…

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    hero power creep in hearthstone’s new demon hunter class (part 2)

    April 20, 2020 /

    Last time, I talked about the game design challenges of releasing the first new class to the online card game Hearthstone.  As a refresher, the Demon Hunter class was so powerful, and therefore problematic, that Hearthstone developers nerfed several new…

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