Comments for Double Buffered http://doublebuffered.com A Programmer's View of Game Design, Development, and Culture Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:30:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Reality Is Broken: Yup, Sure Is by True to Design: What I’m Reading « Managing the Game http://doublebuffered.com/2012/01/15/reality-is-broken-yup-sure-is/#comment-1838 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:30:27 +0000 http://doublebuffered.com/?p=477#comment-1838 [...] Reality Is Broken: Yup, Sure Is: http://doublebuffered.com/2012/01/15/reality-is-broken-yup-sure-is/ [...]

]]> Comment on DotA Allstars: Great Game, Horrible Players by Reality Is Broken: Yup, Sure Is « Double Buffered http://doublebuffered.com/2008/11/23/dota-allstars-great-game-horrible-players/#comment-1826 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:09:14 +0000 http://doublebuffered.wordpress.com/?p=91#comment-1826 [...] easy to screw this up (witness Xbox Live chat or the rampant hatred present in theoretically cooperative games), but it’s one of the most important areas that game designers should be focusing on to do [...]

]]> Comment on LOGIN 2010: Rewards that Retain by Reality Is Broken: Yup, Sure Is « Double Buffered http://doublebuffered.com/2010/05/12/login-2010-rewards-that-retain/#comment-1825 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:09:11 +0000 http://doublebuffered.com/?p=387#comment-1825 [...] talked a bit about motivational psychology before, and the evidence (much of which is referenced from within  the book) is overwhelming that most [...]

]]> Comment on The Psychology of Starcraft 2 by mouse http://doublebuffered.com/2010/08/10/the-psychology-of-starcraft-2/#comment-1788 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:25:48 +0000 http://doublebuffered.com/?p=437#comment-1788 Outside of starcraft I cant talk in the phone while doing anything else really, but in-game im injecting that larvae while harrassing one base with my mutas and another with my zerglings. A diamond/master wonders what that means?

]]> Comment on 1998 was the Best Year in the History of Gaming by Blake http://doublebuffered.com/2009/02/26/1998-was-the-best-year-in-the-history-of-gaming/#comment-1773 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:13:48 +0000 http://doublebuffered.com/?p=140#comment-1773 Where’s Spyro the Dragon? That was another 1998 game.

]]> Comment on The Psychology of Starcraft 2 by RMN http://doublebuffered.com/2010/08/10/the-psychology-of-starcraft-2/#comment-1767 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:57:37 +0000 http://doublebuffered.com/?p=437#comment-1767 I have the exact same problem, and I’m struggling to go through driver’s ed for the very same reason (focusing on one danger on the left side and missing the one on the right). I think you’re on to something.
I plan to read the book “The Multitasking Mind” by Dario D. Salvucci and Niels A. Taatgen and hope to find some answers there.

]]> Comment on 1998 was the Best Year in the History of Gaming by Robert http://doublebuffered.com/2009/02/26/1998-was-the-best-year-in-the-history-of-gaming/#comment-1665 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:51:44 +0000 http://doublebuffered.com/?p=140#comment-1665 Woah you put NFL blitz and not MGS?

]]> Comment on Why OnLive Won’t Work by Mitch http://doublebuffered.com/2009/04/05/why-onlive-wont-work/#comment-1634 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:05:14 +0000 http://doublebuffered.com/?p=192#comment-1634 I just found this article and recommend that you check out Onlive again. It very much works and is incredibly inexpensive. You can now even use it with speeds as slow as 2mbps.

]]> Comment on 1998 was the Best Year in the History of Gaming by Garyn http://doublebuffered.com/2009/02/26/1998-was-the-best-year-in-the-history-of-gaming/#comment-1627 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 19:09:04 +0000 http://doublebuffered.com/?p=140#comment-1627 I completely agree except. . no Parasite Eve on this list? Seriously? I agree ’98 is the best year, but here is my list:

Here is my fave 15 games from ’98

SC1
OoT
Parasite Eve
Fallout 2
FIFA 99
Baldur’s Gate
Pokemon Red
Gran Turismo
Myth 2
NFL Blitz
Unreal
Mario Party
Gauntlet Legends
RE2
Soul Cal

]]> Comment on Why Can’t I Jump? The Perils of Player Autonomy by Game development Blogs Drija http://doublebuffered.com/2010/06/08/why-cant-i-jump-the-perils-of-player-autonomy/#comment-1601 Sat, 21 May 2011 17:13:41 +0000 http://doublebuffered.com/?p=395#comment-1601 [...] am personally a fan of Why Can’t I Jump? The Perils of Player Autonomy, but that might just be because that is one of my biggest pet peeves. August 25, 2010 7:30 am [...]

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