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Game Designer’s Notes #9: Cooperative games
Trying to beat other people isn’t the only way to play games. Sometimes working together can be fun too, and that’s where cooperative games come in.
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Your Name.: thoughts, opinions, and review (and why it’s Oscar material)
Your Name. tells of the story of a country girl and a city boy, who, several times a week, swap bodies. It’s one of the best films of 2016.
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The evolution of the Disney Princess Movie—and why Disney should just give it up
As another Disney princess hits the big screen, it’s time to question whether there really should be anymore Disney princesses—and if so, what their purpose is.
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Researchers think that they can predict criminals using facial features—here’s why it won’t work
More and more people are developing AIs that can catch and judge criminals. But is it actually as helpful or accurate as it looks?
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Game Designer’s Notes #8: Preventing never-ending games
Everyone knows that one game that takes eons to play. Is there a way to prevent games from getting that long?
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Why the “Yelp for people” app, “Peeple”, is idiotic beyond belief
Peeple is a social media app that allows you, like Yelp, to rate others. And yes, it’s a stupid and dangerous idea. Here’s why.
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10 words you probably didn’t know used to be two words
Everyone knows words like chillax came about from joining chill and relax. But did you know that words like electrocute came from electric and execute?
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Game Designer’s Notes #7: Simplifying mechanics
If faced between choosing a complicated mechanic and a simple one, here’s why you should (almost) always pick the simpler one.
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11 words you’ve probably forgotten were acronyms
These days, we have lame acronyms like LOL and YOLO. But did you know that words like scuba used to be acronyms too?
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Are pictures really worth 1,000 words?
We all know the phrase, but does it really apply these days with Snapchat and Instagram around?
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