Comments on That's a Terrible Idea: November: Stuff to Read and Play

"Don’t rot your mind with Tobold and Keen—giv...

2009-11-24T18:37:09.622-05:00

"Don’t rot your mind with Tobold and Keen—give yourself what your brain craves with some good, juicy Sirlin articles."

That made me laugh. And thanks for the suggestion.

Sirlin is doing better lately at toning down the f...

2009-11-24T18:32:44.914-05:00

Sirlin is doing better lately at toning down the fighting game mindset. It's still there, and if you're familiar with his work, you'll spot it easily, but his writing is much more accessible to a wider field these days.

Any game dev who hasn't pored over the No Twinkie database just isn't doing their job, methinketh.

Thanks for the links!

I used to read Sirlin - long before I got into the...

2009-11-24T17:34:39.306-05:00

I used to read Sirlin - long before I got into the MMO blogging scene, actually - but always found that he forced his analogies on too regular a basis for me, and tried to "Square peg round hole" using fighting games all the time. Maybe I'll pay him another visit just to see if a new perspective on things will do me some good.

On another topic entirely, I loaded up the AI War demo and didn't last through the first tutorial mission.... the scope of that game appears to be far larger than I have time for at the moment. It looks awesome though.... I used to have a blast with MOO and games like that. Space battles are almost always fun. =)

"Don’t rot your mind with Tobold and Keen—giv...

2009-11-24T17:14:38.170-05:00

"Don’t rot your mind with Tobold and Keen—give yourself what your brain craves with some good, juicy Sirlin articles."

Good advice :)