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My observation is that it takes new hires about six months before they fully accept that no one is going to tell them what to do, that no manager is going to give them a review, that there is no such thing as a promotion or a job title or even a fixed role (although…
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It all started with Snow Crash. Valve: How I Got Here, What It’s Like, and What I’m Doing | Valve
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kottke.org: Valve Software’s usual approach to building a creative business
kottke.org: Valve Software’s usual approach to building a creative business jkottke: Michael Abrash discusses how he came to work for Valve Software (he coauthored Quake with John Carmack back in the day) and, more interestingly, what Valve is like as a company. The idea that a 10-person company of 20-somethings in Mesquite, Texas, could get…
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DROP OUT. HANG OUT. SPACE OUT.: On the Videogame Auteur
DROP OUT. HANG OUT. SPACE OUT.: On the Videogame Auteur dropouthangoutspaceout: I enjoyed this piece by Leigh Alexander. It weaves an interesting path through the murky waters surrounding indie culture, avoiding the tired debates around the topic, and goes to the core of what pieces like The Atlantic’s take on indie games mean for how…
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DROP OUT. HANG OUT. SPACE OUT.: On the Videogame Auteur
DROP OUT. HANG OUT. SPACE OUT.: On the Videogame Auteur dropouthangoutspaceout: I enjoyed this piece by Leigh Alexander. It weaves an interesting path through the murky waters surrounding indie culture, avoiding the tired debates around the topic, and goes to the core of what pieces like The Atlantic’s take on indie games mean for how…
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I hate gamification. Gamification is to play what crowdsourcing is to open source. How can we take this natural, cultural drive toward connection, meaning, purpose, and participation and incorporate it into the economic-growth requirement of corporate capitalism? Foursquare is the easiest example, but everybody’s doing it. I’m sure there are folks at Merrill Lynch gamifying…
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I hate gamification. Gamification is to play what crowdsourcing is to open source. How can we take this natural, cultural drive toward connection, meaning, purpose, and participation and incorporate it into the economic-growth requirement of corporate capitalism? Foursquare is the easiest example, but everybody’s doing it. I’m sure there are folks at Merrill Lynch gamifying…
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Primer available in full-length on YouTube
jkottke: Primer is one of my favorite films of the past ten years and is available on YouTube in its entirety.
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Some thoughts on war in games
Some thoughts on war in games dropouthangoutspaceout: dropouthangoutspaceout: It’s worth considering that the first large computers were developed specifically to calculate the trajectories of bombs. With about 20 lines of code, I can write a simple game where you fire missiles at a target. In order to build a simple gardening game, I have to…
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Some thoughts on war in games
Some thoughts on war in games dropouthangoutspaceout: dropouthangoutspaceout: It’s worth considering that the first large computers were developed specifically to calculate the trajectories of bombs. With about 20 lines of code, I can write a simple game where you fire missiles at a target. In order to build a simple gardening game, I have to…