Monthly Archives: January 2017

Another Concern for Experience Preservation: Online Play

This post is somewhat of a followup to a previous post I wrote awhile ago called “A Concern for Nintendo’s Legacy”, in that it discusses another aspect regarding the challenge of preserving not just games, but gaming experiences. This particular … Continue reading

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Nate Lattig Gaming Profile

Hello everyone, my name is Nate Lattig. I’m a senior in IST Design and Dev. Like many people in class, I started playing games very early. The first two games I remember playing when I was around six years old … Continue reading

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Appealing to Casual Gamers in a Core Gaming Environment

These days gamers are distributed across the Venn Diagram of “core” and “casual” gamers. The mediums and venues that these gamers play on are widely distributed, but in most cases the core gamers prefer what Schell refers to as “The … Continue reading

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Overcoming developer’s frustration

I’ve had some experience building applications and games for projects prior to this class. One of the games I was involved with came out of a simple idea that initially was very close to our hearts. We thought that our game was … Continue reading

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Gamification of Politics

Many have discovered that the gamification of educational concepts can help students engage in the material differently than how they would in a typical classroom setting.  What if there was a way to engage voters in their local, state, and … Continue reading

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What do you guys think about the Nintendo Switch in turns of possible new game design?

What do you guys think about the new Nintendo Switch in turns of what new types of game mechanics it might bring to the table? If you haven’t heard about the Nintendo Switch, it is a “hybrid” console where you … Continue reading

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Heroes of Storm and MMOs

Few years ago, my friend tried to get me involved in MMOs by introducing me to Dota 2. That game fascinated him like nothing else did. While he tried repeatedly to get me addicted to it, I never quite got the appeal of … Continue reading

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Mike Berezanich’s Gaming Profile

Hi everyone, my name is Mike Brezanich and I’m a junior majoring in computer science. One of my favorite genres of games would definitely have to be strategy. This is kind of a broad genre, but I find myself liking … Continue reading

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A Concern for Nintendo’s Legacy

Ever since the Wii, Nintendo has been making a lot of very experimental and risky decisions when it comes to their consoles. The types of games they’ve been making have changed a lot due to their console’s new control systems, … Continue reading

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Are the Odds Ever in your Favor?

“You can lose faith in everything, religion and God, women and love, good and evil, war and peace. You name it. But the percentage will always stand fast.” I have always been interested in casino games and the chances of … Continue reading

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