So rumors are being thrown about that there’s going to be some sort of prequel to Halo, now that Bungie’s split from Microsoft.
It doesn’t seem entirely out of the realm of possibility, if you consider that Halo is probably the prequel to Marathon (Bungie’s previous sci-fi trilogy). This old article did a decent enough [...]

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Thanks to all of the great comments in the previous threads, I decided that I wanted to do one more final analysis of the entirety of Portal after the previous two articles, mainly so that I could either convince myself one way or the other regarding my theory on why GLaDOS tortures Chell (and therefore [...]

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One of the things I’m noticing in my playthrough of Assassin’s Creed (although they aren’t the only ones doing this) that is bugging me a lot lately is this mis-placed idea that the character animations always have to “line up” with what he’s really doing in the world.  Somehow “next-gen” has come to mean “more [...]

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More Game Design Workshop tutorials! 
I came up with a 2/3/4 player version of the Three Musketeers that I felt was a better game than the original, but our table was really focused on the fiction vs. the fun (seriously, fiction in a paper board/poker chip game is more important than fun?), so my idea got punted on [...]

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I’m heading off to my very first GDC tomorrow morning, so wish me luck.
Posting is either going to be super light or on-fire depending on a ton of variables including power outlet availability, wireless access, and inspiration levels from tutorials/talks.  Not to mention free time/availability as I think I know about 1/2 of the attendees…

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