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• Systems, game systems, and systemic games | Online Alchemy

  Systems are a big deal -- they're much more pervasive and important than games. But, for reasons I'll get to later, I believe that games, and game design in particular, are a uniquely effective avenue...

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  April 11, 2018 I was recently interviewed for our local public radio station (WFIU!) for their show “Profiles” to talk about games, game design, systems thinking, and the future of games. On the same ...

• Advanced Game Design: A Systems Approach – published! | Online Alchemy

  I've been encouraging (requiring) my students to post regularly on their accomplishments, difficulties they've gotten through, and things they've learned on their development teams. Naturally enough, ...

• What Makes Game Design Unique? | Online Alchemy

  I want to test a pair of assertions: I've said for a long time that there are two main things that make games different from anything else that's "designed." The first is that no one has to play a gam...