In a study done on player interactions within World of Warcraft, a graphics-based online multiplayer game, the results found that “solable” classes, in other words classes that required the least social interactions, were the most popular classes of characters chosen, and the overall research concluded that players within the World of [...]

Sorry I’m Late from Tomas Mankovsky on Vimeo.

Made me smile, so to speak.

Everything we do in terms of “content” threatens the underlying core of “game” – if done correctly, everything blends seamlessly. If not, then the best art/interface/VO/story in the world cannot salvage a damaged core.

American McGee is becoming more and more my personal hero. He seems to be one of those very few game designers out [...]

Some results of a recent course at the ZHdK. Not by me, but it’s worth noting – and playing, most of all.

Oh. And by the way? The lecture got just hijacked by Commando Fun.

Someone please make an aggregated feed of all the blogs that chronicle private photography gone horribly wrong.

Currently on the watchlist:

Sexy People Sorry I Missed Your Party And now, very new: Awkward Family Photos

With the pictures in the media all brushed up, it’s almost refreshing to see all those … very, very normal people. Kinda.

Sometimes, it’s just downright [...]

A discussion with my boyfriend made me realise something about different ways of play – or, more exactly – how and why I play games.

I for myself don’t like competition much. Seeing yourself displayed on a single additional sheet as the very last person of the ladder of a athletics competition is not exactly helping [...]