Recent content by pdyxs

Wow, I'm pretty sure I said 'now' reflexively, not intending to mean anything. I don't particularly believe that any technological maturity has happened recently - I think we've had the tools for meaningful and deep gameplay and stories for a long time (you only need to look at some of the flash...

The message of this article that resonated most for me is that we need to stop 'babying' games. Yes: as Brendan says, games are now mature. From a technological standpoint, there will always be new developments, but this is true in all media. From a design tool standpoint: the tools are all...

I think you have to distinguish between drawing on artistic styles of the past and innovation in the method of storytelling. Braid is a revolutionary game, not just because of its amazing gameplay, but in how it integrates gameplay into story (it actually utilises the form of its gameplay in its...