Posts Tagged ‘rules’

Are Games Media or Design Objects?

In Articles on 15 January 2010 tagged criticism, Dave Malouf, design, discussions, Edge, Frank Lantz, games, Matt Jones, meaning, media, play, rules, twitter with 4 comments

In a recent post on the Edge blog – which, if you consider yourself a games designer, you absolutely must read – Matt Jones asks:

“Why should pocket calculators be put on a pedestal, and not Peggle?”

He writes about the need for games to be appreciated and critiqued as design objects. He points out [...]

Announcing a Hybrid Game Opera for Monster

In Articles on 29 May 2009 tagged Dario Fo, games, improvisation, Monster, music, narrative, opera, performance, play, rules, story, theater with 2 comments

I never thought I would make an opera. But now I have.

In a few weeks time the above market square in the town of Monster will be transformed into an arena where fighters duel each other using their pet monsters. If this sounds familiar, it is no coincidence.

Mega Monster Battle Arena is one of [...]

Notes on Play, Exploration, Challenge and Learning

In Articles on 17 April 2008 tagged adaptation, challenge, Dan Saffer, difficulty, Donald Norman, exploration, flow, game design, games, gaming, GD, interaction design, IxD, learning, Matt Jones, play, rules, usability, user experience, UX with no comments

(My reading notes are piling up so here’s an attempt to clear out at least a few of them.)

Part of the play experience of many digital games is figuring out how the damn thing works in the first place. In Rules of Play on page 210:

“[…] as the player plays with FLUID, [...]