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Episode Five in my series of video "lectures," made in association with Gamasutra. Co-written with James Portnow, cofounder of Divide By Zero Games. This episode marks our first entry of Game Design Corner, where we look specifically at elements of game design.
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I really laughed when I was playing thru The Path of Neo for the first time and I chose the wrong pill. Neo woke up at home then I saw the credits. Finished the game in 10 minutes.

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Dude, I love how you break things down. It's like a lot of the things you say everyone already knows, but the way you break it down allows not only clarity on what already is but also things like open-minded conjecture, speculation, and so forth on what is yet to become. I'm So glad somebody hopes to see video games become more artistic one day and I hope you keep making these great videos worth a good laugh and a great thought.

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@ 0:16 .psst, Dan I have good name, call it "Extra Credits".

completely random ... ( 2 months ago by Cooprocks123e)

completely random game that simulates real life: random areas with random people (personality and model/texture wise) and random choices that affect where you go in life and what people you get involved with.

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Say, for example, i ... ( 2 months ago by Me22IAm)

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you say medium a ... ( 1 month ago by JollyManProductions)

you say medium a lot

@ ... ( 1 month ago by Tyraxio)

@JollyManProductions Because the point of his videos is that video games is a new medium that gives oppertunities of [insert name of one of his videos here].

... ( 1 month ago by Ultermarto)

Hoooooooollllddddddd on there Floyd ( ... or James). Bioshock is a good example of a crappy game-ethics-choice, but you seemed to portray it in the wrong way. For starters, I understand that most people choose to NOT kill the 'little sisters'. They chose the path that would result in getting less game-money. Why? because they are presented with story and cinematic rewards for doing so, which are dimensions parallel to game score. Just wanted to point that out.

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I think New Vegas ... ( 4 weeks ago by thetruetrojan)

I think New Vegas gives you some pretty good choices.

Problems that are ... ( 1 day ago by OMFGallusernamesgone)

Problems that are pseudo-options can also be important, since they create problems with multiple "correct" answers. Some answers may be better, but still, it makes the problem more intuitive to deal with since its more like problems in real life.
It allows you to have problems with multiple options, yet still not be frustrating since you don't HAVE to get the "correct" answer.