Comments on: Mythic’s Paul Barnett Has Interesting Ideas http://doublebuffered.com/2008/08/03/mythics-paul-barnett-has-interesting-ideas/ A Programmer's View of Game Design, Development, and Culture Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:30:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Tesh http://doublebuffered.com/2008/08/03/mythics-paul-barnett-has-interesting-ideas/#comment-275 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:57:11 +0000 http://doublebuffered.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-275 “If game designers can’t objectively analyze WoW and break it down into it’s relevant design and implementation ideas, they’re just going to try and solve all of the problems that WoW has already solved.”

It seems to me that such research is the game designer’s job. If they can’t objectively figure out why another game works (or doesn’t), I don’t trust them to figure out how their own designs work. Design is as much science as art, and being able to think critically and objectively is key in making design work.

]]> By: Sulka Haro http://doublebuffered.com/2008/08/03/mythics-paul-barnett-has-interesting-ideas/#comment-230 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:55:51 +0000 http://doublebuffered.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-230 I did a bit of blogging on the WoW denial as well, having had first hand discussion about this with Paul in Develop: http://www.sulka.net/index.php?itemid=421

]]> By: JZig http://doublebuffered.com/2008/08/03/mythics-paul-barnett-has-interesting-ideas/#comment-229 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:48:08 +0000 http://doublebuffered.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-229 Thanks! I’ll add an update to the post pointing that out, it’s good to hear from the actual person involved.

]]> By: alagador http://doublebuffered.com/2008/08/03/mythics-paul-barnett-has-interesting-ideas/#comment-228 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:46:44 +0000 http://doublebuffered.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-228 You might wish to check http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=78047629&blogID=420605542

Cheers

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