State-of-the-Art Experience Design for Experience Nerds — Attending a Battlestar Galactica LARP
Let’s get this out of the way at the outset. LARP is an acronym that stands for Live Action Role Playing. Think Dungeons and Dragons, but running around in the woods in costumes and with fake swords. Or at least, that’s what I thought it was. But, it’s way more than that. It’s way more […]
Grand Theft Auto V
There’s something about this trailer for GTA V that amazes me. It’s not that the graphics are higher resolution or more photo realistic. They’re not. I’ve seen new games recently that look much more realistic. Especially when it comes to the people. But the world illustrated in this trailer is amazing nonetheless. It just feels […]
Hillel and Jenny make an Appearance in a Game
We’ll be talking to the makers of TinyTower about their unlicensed use of our images. ;)
Branded Virtual Items
The Sims is selling advertisers the right to brand in-game virtual items. Gawker thinks it’s sad. I think it’s cool. Better than seeing more banner ads. Studies on ads in football video games show that the gamers feel that the ads make the games more realistic. I predict this will have the same effect in […]
Modern Video Games Atarified
Clearly I have some sort of fetish for vintage stuff. So these retro-ized videogame covers are right up my alley. Here’s GTA4:
