What’s the one thing missing from every book review that’s ever been written? The number at the end. Isn’t it interesting how books, an artistic medium thousands of years old, has resisted the kind of numerical classification that has invaded…
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Is the World Ready for Game Criticism?
Maybe 2012 will be the year that games grew up. After all, it was the year that the Smithsonian presented The Art of Video Games, “one of the first exhibitions to explore the forty-year evolution of video games as an…
Preparing for the Next Big Games Controversy
In the wake of national tragedies, games are back in the spotlight as the scapegoat. And while it’s tiresome to once again be on the defense against clueless pundits slinging unwarranted blame in the name of higher ratings, there’s something…
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Posted in future, game design, press
The Grasshopper Method: Building Honest Buzz for Your Game
They were saying how it reminded them of the glory days of the arcade. They talked about how it was something they didn’t realize they needed so badly. They spoke about the new kinds of games it could enable. They…
I'm Ben Serviss. I design games for hire and write about game design, narrative and NYC developers. New posts every Thursday.