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| 2002 Game Developer's Conference | |
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"Design Fundamentals of Stealth Gameplay in the Thief Series" (4.2 MB .ppt) |
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| An ambitious lecture that presents a model of analyzing gameplay using the theory of "discrete" versus "analog" interaction and simultaneously attempts to deconstruct Thief using that model. | |
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2003 Game Developer's Conference |
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"Designing Power-Ups for Action Games" (1.5 MB .ppt) |
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| Lecture on the process of designing power-ups: deconstructing their components, brainstorming, documenting, etc.. Emphasis is on refining your sense of design goals and development limitations. | |
| 2004 Game Developer's Conference | |
| "Practical Techniques for Implementing Emergent Gameplay" (2.0 MB .ppt) | |
| A co-presentation
with Harvey Smith which emphasizes implementing Emergent Gameplay
via connected Mechanics and includes topics such as world population and supporting technology. |
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| 2006 Game Developer's Conference | |
| "Level Building For Stealth Gameplay" (5.0 MB .ppt) | |
| Lecture on the unique challenges and goals of building great stealth levels and the design tools used to overcome them. Lots of diagrams and examples. | |
| 2007 Montreal International Game Summit & Game Developer's Conference | |
| "How To Help Your Players Stop Saving All The Time" (3.9 MB .ppt) | |
| Lecture on the powerful role of replay and save/load in the interactive medium and design techniques to encourage players away from compulsively saving and loading. | |
| AMODA Lecture Series, 2002 | |
| "Video Games: The State of the Art" (6.2 MB .ppt) | |
| Lecture intended for non-game-developers providing an overview on the interactive art form and its current state of maturation with an emphasis on video games as a storytelling / expressive media. |
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Edge / Next Generation |
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| My monthly columns published in Edge, theUK's finest video game print mag! | |
| "What's The Status?" | |
| "Towing The Disassembly Line" | |
| Game Developer Magazine | |
| Profiled Developer: Feb 2004 (55 KB .pdf) | |
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A short interview on the topics of emergent gameplay and the future of interaction. |
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| Nerve dot com | |
| Sex Advice From Video Game Designers | |
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Having some fun with close friends and my favorite on-line sex publication. |
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| "Level-Building For Stealth Gameplay" (37 KB .doc) | |
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A succinct, text-only primer, precursor to the 2006 GDC lecture. |
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| An MS-Paint Picture of An Alien Fighting A Karate Guy That I Drew (285 KB .jpg) |