Archive for the 'MMO' Category
Why am I so Busy?
As you may have noticed, the April Gamer Girl photo has not been uploaded yet, even though it is clearly April (the calendar states so). The reason behind this small delay (after all, April lasts a whole month and we are just at the beginning) is the incredible amount of work that keeps me occupied.
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Tags: 7million, break in, casual, heist, minigames, MMO, PC, team vienna
Level Design
A week ago I was offered the chance to change into the department of level design. My work experience covers game design but not level design, so when the offer came I made sure to…
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Career Paths
On my 10th birthday I received my very first personal computer – the Schneider Euro PC (complete with color monitor and external 20MB HD). Back then I did not have games to play for the system but fiddled around with several graphics tools and DOS itself. Soon my father started buying PC magazines that came with…
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Tags: career, computer, console, dos, external hd, Game Design, games, gaming, job, job advertisment, Level Design, mobile, monitor, PC, QA, resume, schneider euro pc, Usability, usability game engineer
Gamer Girls and Nerd Boys
We all agree that gamer girls are a somewhat rare, but not that rare species, that is not, like the media would like to suggest, visually not…
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Tags: blog, boys, esther, female gamers, Gamer Girls, hardcore gamer, mmo couples, nerd, stereotype
Who are you making games for? Have you ever asked yourself this question? Who is going to play the game in the end? Who am I trying to reach with my idea?
Filed under: Design, Game Design, MMO, Mac, PC, PS2, game, iPhone, mobile, wii | 11 Comments
Tags: addictive, AI, audience, casual, development, fun, game, gamer, graphics, hardcore, high-end, mechanics, mobile, PC, production, story, target
I was shamelessly plugged yesterday (yeah, yeah, you and your dirty minds) by my wonderful and unique partner in crime and had the pleasure to be named in his latest blog entry. So I thought I would finally use the time and do the same with other fellow bloggers that I’ve added to my link-list.
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Tags: art form, blog, couples, credits, epiphanies, game scene, German, language, manhunt 2, MMO, online romance, personal, politics, Private, ranting, thoughts, WoW