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Markson in November. “It looks good in there.”
D. T. Max • Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace
On the surface, the game doesn’t look like much at all: it’s poker, just poker, with pixelated graphics and an odd, almost hallucinogenic vibe. But then you play a few rounds and the game layers in multipliers, augments and new rules. It cascades into the best dopamine rush of the year – one that, even if you aren’t into card games, feels like sigh... See more
Sam White • Balatro is the best game of 2024 – its anonymous creator may never release another
Too much chance negates the effects of player skill and vice versa.
Schell • The Art of Game Design: A book of lenses
Hara meant it, too. John McSorley, Nvidia’s former head of human resources, said that the company had a policy of hiring quickly—but also of firing fast if a new employee wasn’t working out. Jensen’s primary guidance to all of his hiring managers was simple: “Hire someone smarter
Tae Kim • The Nvidia Way
Team, Audience, Game, Client, and Self.
Schell • The Art of Game Design: A book of lenses
a simple ruleset out of which emerges the thing every game designer strives for: balanced surprises
Schell • The Art of Game Design: A book of lenses
“The era of the billion-dollar brand is over; there’s going to be lots and lots of brands that have much more specific focuses,” Davis summarized when we spoke last month.
Dan Frommer • Why there still haven’t been more billion-dollar acquisitions for direct-to-consumer commerce startups
by taking a cultural anthropologist’s approach to our players, interviewing them, learning everything we can about them, and putting ourselves in their place,