Posts Tagged ‘Gamasutra’

Opinion on Zynga

Posted on March 22, 2010, 12:42 pm, by Derek Bliss, under Gamasutra, Game Companies, Game Development.

This gamasutra opinion article summarizes my wariness of Zynga games (Farmville) and why I don’t play them.  They surely make money, but it comes at a cost that I wouldn’t pay myself when it comes to game development.

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Eleusis and Eidos

Posted on February 12, 2009, 11:35 pm, by Derek Bliss, under Card Games, Gamasutra, Game Companies.

So yesterday I played a card game called Eleusis with some co-workers. The concept is certainly interesting enough but it didn’t turn out to be as fun as I hoped in practice. I think you just have to be extremely patient in this type of game considering a single play can take more [...]

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2008 Retrospective

Posted on December 16, 2008, 12:00 am, by Derek Bliss, under Console Madness, Gamasutra, Game Companies.

Throughout this month gamasutra has been doing retrospectives of the year on various topics such as downloadable titles and indie games. Today covered their top 5 surprises. I’ll have to agree with them that Final Fantasy XIII switching from exclusively Playstation 3 to multi-platform was unexpected (at least for me). I can [...]

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