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Sandbox Games – Thoughts and Definitions

I talk about sandbox games and briefly list some of their main characteristics.

Saints Row 2 cover image.

Successful Mechanics in Saints Row 2

Saints Row 2 skillfully weaves a host of different activities around a few basic gameplay concepts and rewards the players constantly for going after them.

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Challenging Definitions

I tackle some definitions related to game design: challenges, error tolerance and cost of failure.

Gaming News – April 27-10

The Sparkster comes back to consoles on Rocket Knight Adventures!

Rocket Knight Adventure gets a release date, Activision gets sued for many monies and other news in 2 minutes or less.

Gaming News – April 26-10

The King of Fighters 95 makes a comeback.

PS3’s 3.30 firmware update causes crashing extravaganza, KoF 95 is released on the Virtual Console and other news in 2 minutes or less.

Gaming News – April 23-10

Metroid: Other M - Coming Soon!

Metroid: Other M gets a release date, Photo Dojo will be free during the month of May and other news in 2 minutes or less.

Gaming News – April 19-10

Pirates make Nintendo cry.

Volcano clouds delay some games and Nintendo looses money from pirates, everything in 2 minutes or less.

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