I need to buy a new graphics card and I want to buy a physics card. Probably the same is true for many of you. Well maybe the day will come when you need to buy an A.I. card!

At the time of writing this post I had just posted Poll Question 4 which was related to game A.I., graphics and physics cards. If the graphics and physics need cards why not the A.I.?

I started playing Star Trek Elite Force 2 and whilst it’s not a bad game it’s not as good as the first one. This got me thinking “How often has a sequel equaled or bettered the original?”

Introduction I present three people who I believe would have made excellent game and/or levels designers. I’ve tried to briefly explain why and hopefully you agree. Leonardo Di Vinci Leonardo Di Vinci was a genius. Accomplished in many, many arts, he was a man before his time. He would have certainly seen the potential of… Read More

Introduction I was watching television a few days ago, which is very unusual for me, and I was fortunate to see a short clip about Alfred Hitchcock. I started watching in the middle of the clip but he was explaining how mixing different shots produced different results.

Introduction I’m not a big fan of the episodic content release concept. I understand the so-called benefits but think too many people are jumping on the bandwagon. A nice comparison is that of a magazine and a book.

Introduction Thinking about Poll Question 3 got me thinking how a game designer could control the consequences of a player’s choice. Specifically, when a player chooses a particular path what’s to stop them from saving just before the choice and then going back later and taking the other path?