For a while now, I’ve wanted to make a competitive strategy game about picking up chicks. It seemed strange that it hadn’t been done before. Everyone understands the concept, many people have done it personally. It should be a no-brainer as a game, I thought. Unfortunately, it’s a design challenge that’s been kicking my ass [...]

This article was published at Gamasutra. It’s amazing how little normal people will consciously register about video games. To us game freaks, they pick out the oddest things. I built a new PC this Christmas. One of the first games I tried on it was Crysis. As expected, the graphics were incredible. Beautiful, lush jungles, [...]