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Making Stuff Up

In another act of shameless self-promotion, Randy Smith looks at his game, Spider, and how successfully it tells its story.
October 19, 2009

Redesigning Casablanca

Randy Smith watches the classics and realises that films have no easier a time telling stories than games do.
September 22, 2009

The Elegant Dodge

Randy Smith post-mortems his new iPhone game, Spider, and reveals the truth behind grand theory and pragmatic practice.
August 12, 2009

iSolution Or iToilet?

In the interests of finding games' future on iPhone, Randy Smith immerses himself in the fart jokes and wobbling knockers that comprise its present.
August 04, 2009

The Art Of Telling Stories

Great games, like great stories, are more than just a random collection of good scenes.
July 27, 2009

What Does It Take To Make You Care?

It's all about simulating emotional scenarios: Randy Smith concludes his series of columns about the challenge of making games that aren't fun to play.
June 29, 2009

Bad Ideas For Games That Aren’t Fun

Part three in Randy Smith's musings over making games that aren't fun to play.
May 15, 2009

Further Investigations Into The F Word

Randy Smith continues his exploration into making games that are no fun to play.
April 16, 2009

What’s Fun Got to do with it‭?

If we want our medium to be taken seriously,‭ ‬it wouldn’t hurt to demonstrate that both‭ ‬‘Fun‭’‬ and‭ ‬‘Not Fun‭’‬ games are equally within our capabilities.
February 20, 2009

The‭ ‬Inevitability of‭ ‬Change

Are‭ ‬videogames‭ ‬capable of capturing the emotion,‭ ‬the poignancy,‭ ‬the grief and the excitement of change‭?
February 03, 2009
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