There was a very interesting article on Gamasutra today by Chuck Jordan, one of the writers for adventure game developers TellTale, titled “Closing the Loop – Fostering Communication in Single Player Games“. It’s essentially an overview of how to foster a gaming experience in which there’s a genuine dialogue going on between the […]
I found this entertaining little exploration of “Why Do Christian Games Suck?” on YouTube last night.
I particularly loved this line: the tendency of Christian games to ape the mainstream, replacing characters like Mario with figures from the Bible, has “always been a recipe for boring the player, distorting the scriptures and satisfying no-one.” […]
I’ve been thinking a bit recently about stories. People love stories, they love interesting characters, and they love drama, and these are all things that the Old Testament is chock full of – so surely, Bible-based Christian video games ought to be some of the best out there for drawing players in with engaging narratives. […]
NB: This is a continuation from Wednesday’s post and yesterday’s – read them first
15.41pm Music: Boards of Canada – Music Has The Right to Children
Aha! I have stumbled upon an interesting problem that needs a bit of thinking about – at last! Turns out that all my existing code assumed that […]
NB: This is a continuation from yesterday’s post – read that first. It is also continued on the next day.
Having had a pretty productive day yesterday, work continues apace on Ebenezer, my Old Testament adventure game. Today is providing considerably more “bitty” than yesterday, but that’s ok – it all has […]
As I enter 2011, I’m convicted that I’ve been a particularly poor steward of the time given to me by God during 2010. One of the things that I could have made a lot more progress on than I did was Ebenezer, my Old Testament adventure game. Over New Year I’ve been doing […]
The Old Testament is full of cracking yarns: wonderfully-told accounts of God’s many dealings with his people and how they respond. We read of many heroes of the faith who, by God’s power, conquered kingdoms, stopped the mouths of lions and quenched the power of fire. Perhaps none of these accounts is as well known […]
The blog’s been a bit quiet over the summer since I’ve been busy joining a new church plant in Euston with all that that entails, but progress on my Old Testament adventure game Ebenezer continues. I have drawn up a new battle plan in the hopes of shipping something by next September: […]
A Nation Under Siege
Around about 3,000 years ago, the people of Israel were a nation under siege. Oppressed by the Philistines in the West, threatened by the Ammonites in the East, Israel had no king and no hope for the future. They were governed by an ageing prophet by the name of Samuel, but […]
“We all serve one master. One king. And his name is… gaming. FOREVER MAY HE REIGN!” Kevin Butler (the character from Sony Computer Entertainment’s recent marketing campaign) during this year’s E3 conference
Sound familiar?
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