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The Red Herring of Real-Life Landmarks

By Ben Posted on June 13, 2013 Posted in game design No Comments
The Red Herring of Real-Life Landmarks

Making people care about things in games is hard. Not to say it’s impossible – but when most decisions boil down to ‘save the hostage’ or ‘restart the level,’ it doesn’t exactly fill the player with overwhelming empathy. So it …

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Tagged with: Bioshock, Fallout, game design, gta, landmarks

Hi there, I'm Ben Serviss. I'm a software engineer, game designer and producer, and you've found my blog on game design. Check out Dashjump for more on my game projects.

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