Category Archives: Announcements

The slides from our talk on Monday are in ANGEL. Below are the two videos we discussed in class on Wednesday. Gabriel Leyton – Coin-op vs. Free to play Social Games – GDC Video on building core and mid-core games … Continue reading →

Today we will be playing a game called EconU: http://play.gaming.psu.edu/ (PSU login required) As you play the game, I want you to think about and jot down answers to a series of playtesting questions. Overall, what were your thoughts about … Continue reading →

Just a quick update: most achievements for the blog are discovered, but a few remain. In the “Pioneer” category, 2/5 achievements were earned for the mention of Gabe Newell (Valve) and Shigeru Miyamoto (Nintendo). Three more remain for mentioning someone … Continue reading →

With the recent announcement of Diablo III being ported to Playstation 3 and Playstation 4, a lot of design choices that went into the PC version suddenly made a lot more sense, at least to conspiracy theorists. The maximum amount … Continue reading →

As I mentioned in class, Blizzard has several intern positions posted on their university relations website. In addition to the postings, they are going to have a live chat with potential applicants next week. for more info, see: http://us.battle.net//d3/en/blog/8445112  

I hope everyone had a good break and ready to start a new semester.  This is our course blog, where we will discuss a wide variety of topics related to games throughout the semester.  I expect this blog to be … Continue reading →