• Designer's Playbook: Halo CE Anniversary -- Design Analysis

    After a month on hiatus, due to exams, I've created a new episode of Designer's Playbook. In this episode I focus on Halo: CE Anniversary.

    The key topics I look at in this episode are:
    - Joseph Campbell's The Hero's Journey.
    - Its…

  • Designer's Playbook: ilomilo -- Game Design Analysis

    In this episode of Designer's Playbook I focus on the XBLA game ilomilo.

    The key topics I look at in this episode are:
    - Disproportionate feedback and its use in puzzle games.
    - Building brands with games and the impact of it.…

  • Designer's Playbook: Dragon Age 2 (Game Design Analysis)

    In this episode of Designer's Playbook I focus on Dragon Age 2.

    The key topics I look at in this episode are:
    - Pattern recognition and its impact on user interfaces
    - Mechanical Chaos in combat
    - Habituation and its…

  • Designer's Playbook: L.A. Noire (Game Design Analysis)

    Helping to fill the void and explore the medium.

    Designer's Playbook is a new video series I have been working on in the last few months. The inspiration for the series came from my love of psychology, which I studied for 2 years at QUT…