Patrick Curry’s Thoughts on Game Design

We capped last week with an awesome team event (see “party”), which is something of a Stranglehold tradition now. After each milestone we duck out a little early for some out-of-the-office fun and team bonding. This time it spilled over into an art show Marc was hosting at his flat. It’s always nice to admire […]

We knew it would happen. Stranglehold has officially gotten too big for its own britches. Last week our Perforce server passed the 1,075GB milestone… which means we’ve accumulated about as much information on our severs as NASA had on theirs when they were planning the first lunar landing. Granted, we’re not exactly putting men on […]

A big part of being a game designer is trying to come up with game scenarios that I think will be fun. After all, if a game isn’t fun, what’s the point? Since I make action games right now, that means I spend a good deal of time coming up with fun stuff […]

I don’t have to tell you what Vegas is like. I’m sure you can imagine what happens when you get a hundred or so game developers and members of the gaming press in one place. And well, if you can’t… then if you’ve seen Casino… then you at least have some idea what it’s like. […]

When people ask me what I do I usually tell them that I make video games. If pressed to be more specific, I’ll admit to designing video games. But if someone (like my pesky wife) asks me what I really do… I’m often left without a good explanation. Some days my time […]