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 Send to email | Jenova Chen on flOw, Game Design, and Sony [Everything But The Kitchen Sink] in Everything But the Kitchen SinkFlowjenova chenNewspassagePS3PSPSonySpore |  By Maggie Greene
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 flOw is one of those interesting little games that keeps on kicking (it's certainly made the rounds at this point) — it's spawned a lot of interest and discussion since its first appearance. Brandon Sheffield sat down with Jenova Chen (flOw designer and co-founder of thatgamecompany) at this year's GDC to talk about Sony's strengths, game design, and why making traditional games is 'too easy':
I think it's just too easy for us. And, also, if I just want to make violent games or fun games... It's not to say that fun games are bad, but I could just go to work for Blizzard, or go to work for Maxis. And they make fun games, they make creative games. I could get a lot higher pay, and a much more stable job. Why not?
Why would I start a company just to make the same kind of game which I can get a much better life in another company? You know, the reason we started this company is because nobody is making this kind of game, and to expand that emotional spectrum of video games — having more people be able to enjoy video games. The only way to do it is to just do it yourself.
The interview touches on a lot of issues — from Sony to Passage to Spore — and worth a read through.
Finding A New Way: Jenova Chen And Thatgamecompany [Gamasutra]
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| Spore Flows In The Cell Phase [Clips] | |
It's hard not to notice the similarities between Spore's Cell Phase and the PlayStation Network game flOw, and when you consider the co-founder of dev thatgamecompanthatgamecompany Jenova Chen was once on the Spore DS team it mak [..] Read complete article | | Published 20-May-2008 by Mike Fahey in ClipsEaFlowGalleryMediaSpore
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| 'A Game Isn't a Series of Interesting Decisions' [Game Design] | | Do we have too many strategists (or at least, strategy fans) in the game design kitchen? Chris Bateman seems to think so — and that may account for the idea that 'a game is a series of interesting decisions' (well, that and a misquote from Sid Meier). 'Game' doesn't (and shouldn't) [..] Read complete article | | Published 05-Jul-2008 by Maggie Greene in Game design Business Culture Industry Sid Meier strategy games
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| Week in Games: Super Tuesday [New Releases] | | Looks like nearly every shovelware PC title for Q4 drops on Tuesday. Sorry to paint with broad strokes but that is a kitchen-sink list of titles, and I've heard of about four of them. Other highlights for Super Tuesday include Age of Booty, o [..] Read complete article | | Published 28-Sep-2008 by Owen Good in New releases Twig Week In Games
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| Sony profits sink, game division floats by |  Filed under: Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Business
With the celebratory horn tooting out of the way, let's turn to Sony's overall quartely results -- a tune, you'll find, that's distinctly grim. A 72 pe [..] Read complete article | | Published 30-Oct-2008 by James Ransom-Wiley in financialfiscal-fun-factsscesony
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| MIU HDPC Packs Kitchen Sink into Portable Device |  If you were asked on the spot to describe and sketch the perfect mobile device that accommodates all of your needs, wants and beyond, it would probably look absolutely nothing like MIU’s new HDPC. In terms of functionality however, MIU probably came pretty close to hitting the nail on the head. Its latest offering, dubbed [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 24-Mar-2008 by Zach Epstein in UMPCWindows XPLinuxHandsets
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| The Dao of Game Design: Know Thy Player [Game Design] | | Compared to a lot of esoteric ruminations on game design, Ernest Adams' little essay on 'the dao of game design' is remarkably grounded and to the point. The question of how to make a game that players — not just the designer — would want to play is an obvio [..] Read complete article | | Published 23-Aug-2008 by Maggie Greene in Game design Art Economics Games As Art Industry Industry
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| NPD's PC Sales Charts May 4-10 [Sales Charts] | | For the week ending May 10, the top-selling, boxed-copy PC game in the US was...The Sims 2 Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff. The second best-seller? The Sims 2 Double Deluxe. You can see where this is going. Seven spots for Sims and Warcraft titles, leaving naugh [..] Read complete article | | Published 22-May-2008 by Luke Plunkett in NewsNpdNpd GroupPCPc GamesSales Charts
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| New Weekly Game Design Challenges [Game Design] | | For those of you who like game design challenges, GameCareerGuide has started a weekly design challenge:
Starting this week, we'll be running a weekly Design Challenge. The Design Challenge is an exercise in becoming a game developer, asking [..] Read complete article | | Published 13-Apr-2008 by Maggie Greene in ContestsGame Designprototyping
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