Posts Tagged ‘dog-eared pages’

Playing With Emergence Is Like Gardening

In Articles on 22 August 2008 tagged books, complexity, dog-eared pages, emergence, game design, games, gardening, GD, interaction design, IxD, learning, play, second order design, Steven Berlin Johnson with 1 comment

It’s been a while since I finished reading Steven Berlin Johnson’s Emergence. I picked up the book because ever since I started thinking about what IxDs can learn from game design, the concept of emergence kept popping up. Johnson’s book is a pleasant read, an easy-going introduction to the subject. I started and finished it [...]

Chris Crawford on Design Suggestions

In Articles on 18 July 2008 tagged additions, books, Chris Crawford, consolidations, corrections, design, dog-eared pages, embellishments, game design, suggestions with Comments Off

I have a considerable amount of books with dog-eared pages lying around the office. One such book is The Game Design Reader, which contains a large and varied collection of essays on (yes) game design. This book probably has the largest number of dog-ears. Partly because it is quite thick, but also because it is [...]