Game Design Archive

  • Controllers thrown across the room in fury, snapped joysticks and pounded keyboards, throbbing fists and aching fingers. How I hate those infernal end of level bosses. From Dr. Robotnik to...

    End of Level Bosses Suck

    Controllers thrown across the room in fury, snapped joysticks and pounded keyboards, throbbing fists and aching fingers. How I hate those infernal end of level bosses. From Dr. Robotnik to...

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  • I’ve been playing a few FPS games again recently after a fairly lengthy break from them. It is amazing how much they stick to convention. They feature the same old...

    Top Ten Annoying FPS Design Flaws

    I’ve been playing a few FPS games again recently after a fairly lengthy break from them. It is amazing how much they stick to convention. They feature the same old...

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  • Tycoon games or management sims are a lot of fun. They are a genre that my wife will happily play with me whereas anything football related, anything that involves shooting people...

    Tycoon Game Design

    Tycoon games or management sims are a lot of fun. They are a genre that my wife will happily play with me whereas anything football related, anything that involves shooting people...

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  • I got sent a point and click adventure game to review the other day. It was developed by a German company called Realmforge and against stereotyping they included a lot...

    The Death of Point and Click Adventures

    I got sent a point and click adventure game to review the other day. It was developed by a German company called Realmforge and against stereotyping they included a lot...

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