Mocking Success / Killing The Grind

Following up on my discussing restarting a character in Oblivion, I fell off the suspension of disbelief train and straight into realizing that even a 94/100 game has something worth mocking.
One more rant for the road.
The worst failing of Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is that, on the most basic level, it’s a role playing game. [...]

Paying Attention

I suck at this. Maybe you do too. However, there’s a lot more to it than I once thought.
Try counting from 0 to 10 to 0 again, slowly, with each count happening each time you breath out naturally. I’ll wait.
It’s a simple test, but if you’re like me, chances are you’re going [...]

Masochistic Dreams Of Game Design Oblivion

I ran across this post the other day on the website of Chris Crawford, veteran of the game biz.
It basically says “You can either break into the industry through a trade school or get a more formal liberal arts education and then a real job. The first way is quicker, but the [...]