Archive for October, 2005

Organic Games
October 24, 2005

When I was a little kid that enjoyed playing Super Mario, I often wondered why did that world always looked the same. It’s not like our world where we have Autumn and the leaves fall from trees or Summer where everything has a brighter color. Every time the NES was turned on, all the trees, [...]

Games as Essays
October 17, 2005

There’s a literary genre that I often enjoy reading: Essays. Usually for philosophical purposes or simply to express a personal view of life and the world, this genre has a very open structure and a wide range of topics that can treat. And today, there’s no other form of expression that can do this so [...]

Piracy and Indie Games
October 9, 2005

“Keep your friends close, and your enemies… even closer”
Mafia motto.
Last week, Gamasutra had featured an article entitled Pirated P2P Games: Free Electronic Distribution for Independent Studios. Piracy has undoubtely been an issue since the birth of this industry. The article basically suggests of taking advantage of the P2P model to freely distribute our games and [...]