Articles About Game Design and Sundry Other Topics of Interest
People in RL are fully aware of my broad range of interests. Not all of the articles I write are about game design and development, though many of them are. Here is a complete list of articles that I have published online. All of these articles are currently hosted at HubPages, though I do plan on writing articles specifically for this site as well. This is just to prove that I haven't been lazy!
Humor
- The Pampered Nerd: The Art of Trolling Video Games (published 01/12/11)
Mod and Game Design and Development
- The Rules of Immersion: Why RPG Gamers Fight All the Time (published 03/01/12)
- What Makes a Great Role-Playing Video Game? (published 29/12/11)
- The Surface of Things: Why Graphics Matter in Video Games (published 23/12/11)
- Warrior, Wizard, Thief: Class, Balance and Archetypes in Computer RPGs (published 18/12/11)
- A Tale of Two Exploits: Skill Perks and Character Leveling in Skyrim (published 29/11/11)
- The Well-Appointed Bandit: The Case for Level Scaling (published 28/11/11)
- Content Scaling in Role-Playing Games (published 27/11/11)
- Fast Travel and Narrative Elision in Skyrim (published: 21/11/11)
- Is There a Right Way to Play Skyrim? (published: 23/11/11)
- Modding Video Games (published: 07/11/11)
- How to Make Video Games, Part 1: Pick Your Class! (published: 16/10/11)
- How to Make Video Games, Part 2: The Visionary (published: 21/10/11)
- How to Make Video Games, Part 3: The Career Gamer (published: 03/11/11)
- How to Make Video Games, Part 4: The Hacker (published: 10/11/11)
Blender Tutorials
- Blender Free Open Source 3D Modeling and Animation Software (published: 02/11/11)
- How to Translate, Rotate, and Scale 3D Objects in Blender (published: 08/11/11)
Self-Help and Free Online Education Resources
- Self-Discipline, the Easy Way (published: 07/10/11)
- Free Online Education with the Khan Academy (published: 11/10/11)
- The Lefkoe Method (published: 14/10/11)
Note: Publication dates are in DD-MM-YY format.
Last updated December 23, 2011
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