http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts A new game idea every week and other ramblings on game design from an upstart game designer. Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:06:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Games are supposed to be fun, right? I think so, anyhow. We play games because we get something out of the experience. For some reason we find games more compelling that watching TV or wasting time on the Internet. We do this because games are fun, ... http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/what-is-fun/ GDC is right around the corner… and after having to miss out last year, I’m super pumped to go back this year. And I’m especially pumped because I somehow convinced the folks at GDC to let me give a talk this time. They’ve (probably wisely) limited me to ... http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/gdc-bound/ Well… another year has come to a close. To say that 2007 was an intense year would be a phenomenal understatement. I don’t think this is a year that I’m going to look back on and particularly want to repeat. There was some good, there was some ... http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/happy-new-year/ I had the pleasure of speaking at DePaul again a couple weeks ago, which has become a semi-annual treat for me. Joe asked me to give his class some useful advice for their final projects, so I sat down and thought about it, and wrote down the game design ... http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/make-awesome-games/ Holy crap, Stranglehold is done. Two years, a dozen skus, and a hellofalota overtime later, and we’re done. Being done with the game is a tremendous feeling, not just because I’m finally caught up on sleep, but because I’m really proud of the game we made. The ... http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/god-save-the-queen/