Doug’s Favorite “Games” of 2012
Yup, that’s my leg/shoe in the very bottom of the frame. Now that we’re one month into the new year, I want to take a moment to reflect back on my favorite games of 2012. In 2011, I published … Continue reading
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Bridge in the Menagerie
Thanks to my friend Mike, I’ve recently been doing a lot of thinking about the classic card game Bridge. As I learn more about the game, I’ve become increasingly intrigued. Speaking as a game designer and researcher, I find Bridge … Continue reading
The Master of Go
Thanks to a recommendation from my friend Mike, I recently finished reading The Master of Go (1951) by Yasunari Kawabata, a famous Japanese author and Nobel laureate. The book, though semi-fictional (some of the names and details have been changed), … Continue reading
Simulating Simulations
It’s certainly fun to design brand new games, but one thing I learned this past year is that it can be equally fun to design around existing games – to recontextualize them in new settings and with new control schemes. … Continue reading
Doug’s Favorite Games of 2011
(The joy of Hokra, as played at IndieCade 2011. Photo by Elliot Trinidad) I lived a nomadic lifestyle this year, splitting my time between Copenhagen, Princeton, Montreal, and San Francisco. As a result, I didn’t have regular access to … Continue reading