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Weekly Music Tip, May 2 2010: Noby Noby Boy OST!
The Noby Noby Boy OST was finally released to iTunes this past week! Noby Noby Boy was my very favorite “game” of 2009 – in no small part because of the music. On the surface of things, the game is very lighthearted and chaotic. Indeed, inflicting chaos on tiny digital worlds is the entire point.…
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Tobias Wrigstad at ITU
A few weeks ago, Tobias Wrigstad spoke at ITU and delivered a fascinating (and provocative!) lecture on intentionally uncomfortable role-playing games. The lecture was titled: “This will sting a little: Why worthwhile and meaningful does not imply fun” It’s most certainly worth viewing! Here’s the recording, brought to you by the good people at ITU’s…
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No More Sweden (Part 2): “R-Type almost pi”
Four months later?! Sure, No More Sweden 2009 happened all the way back in July, but after my most recent lecture on abusive game design, I realized I had forgotten to blog about R-Type 3.141592653589793238469 (also known as “R-Type almost pi”). Well, here we go. Better late than never, right? As I wrote back in…