Well, that was odd. The PlayStation 4 has been announced. Sony’s massive PR machine unveiled it yesterday in what was intended to be the big, get-excited, showstopping event that would generate enough buzz about the new platform to keep the internet salivating until launch. Instead, the whole event was met with a resounding chorus of […]
As I type this, Sony’s great big PlayStation 4 announcement event has just wrapped up in NYC. A parade of big name developers have been coming out one by one to sing the praises of the new console. Sizzle reels for new games have sizzled, and the fashion-forward game designer appears to be wearing sport […]
DISCLAIMER: I don’t like Diablo or Diablo 2. Having said that disclaimer, a big part of the reason I don’t like Diablo 3 is because, like its predecessors, I feel the game is a cheap psychological hack that makes players feel like they’re moving ahead and progressing, when in reality, they’re just picking up more […]
At Game Developers Conference (GDC) Online in Austin, TX, I spent the majority of the first day listening to the writers of Blizzard talk about their process for developing narrative for their franchises. Their day-long group of talks was named, “The War of Worldcraft: Developing Franchise Narrative in the Transmedia Age”. Transmedia is a fancy […]
