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New Column for the ECGF: About Game Design

Posted on December 6, 2008 by kedamono

Announcing a new column on the Emerald City Gamefest Web site: About Game Design. This column is not a guide to game design, but more along the lines of the philosophy of game design, with some “how-to-do-its” and not a little bit of practical advice for would-be game designers or even more experienced ones. The [...]

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