Putting Yourself in the Player's Head

Patrice Désilets

1:36

Gender Assumptions in Mocap

Matt Boch

4:59

Solid Prototypes

Wright Bagwell

1:49

No Apologies

John Carmack

0:58

Every Part is Art

Toby Gard

1:40

Wide Range of Emotions

Chris Hecker

1:7

Absence of Closure in Games

Vander Caballero

0:35

Unique Experiences

Auriea Harvey

1:28

Beware of a Long Design Doc

Todd Howard

1:02

Less Fail Modes Today

Todd Howard

1:30

Cut Scenes as a Reward

Todd Howard

1:44

Making it Fun

Alex Hutchinson

1:00

Don't Define Play

Daniel James

1:52

Griefers

Daniel James

2:06

Playtesting Puzzles

Ron Gilbert

0:31

Rapid Iteration

Ron Gilbert

0:35

Driving Gamer Retention

Marie-Eve Vignola

1:30

Why Am I Playing This Game?

Marie-Eve Vignola

1:51

Rapid Prototyping

Marie-Eve Vignola

0:45

Player Empowerment

Don Daglow

1:16

Making Games for Over 40 Years

Don Daglow

1:18

The Proximity to Danger

Patrick Plourde

1:37

Finding the Fun in Stealth

Ryan Payton

1:06

The Nature of Fun in a Fighting Game

Patrick Miller

1:11

The Importance of Prototyping

Luke Muscat

0:27

Are Games Supposed to be Fun?

Zoe Quinn

0:35

What Makes a Game Worth Creating

Ken Wong

0:35

Does Immersion Equate to Fun?

Bei Yang

1:29

Most Games are Junk

Frank Lantz

1:47

Is it Work or Fun?

Sid Meier

0:51

Toy vs. Game

Randy Pitchford

1:03

Think Beyond "Fun"

Warren Spector

0:36

Questioning Best Practices

Laralyn McWilliams

2:26

Chemistry of Interaction in MMO Design

Laralyn McWilliams

1:03

Three Ingredients

Trip Hawkins

3:36

Uncanny Valley as a Pitfall

Jordan Mechner

2:05

Playtesting Rides with VR

Bei Yang

1:29

Playtesting in a Theme Park

Bei Yang

1:32

Competing and Winning Against Yourself

Keiji Inafune

0:49

It's for the Players

Toru Iwatani

0:46

Difficulty Balancing and Kleenex Testers

Vince Zampella

1:21

Beautiful Worlds to Blow Up

Christofer Sundberg

0:38

Finding the Fun

Leah Hoyer

2:58

New Technology Adds Complexity

Brian Allgeier

1:02

Just Playing

Brian Allgeier

0:43

Innovation Comes from Experimentation

Brian Allgeier

0:44

What is Fun?

Patrice Désilets

1:30

International Language of Fun

Patrice Désilets

0:58

Pushing the Mechanics

Graham Smith

2:02

Playtesting Informs Tutorializing

Graham Smith

0:53

Pitching Game Ideas Internally

Graham Smith

2:01

Getting Players Outside

John Hanke

2:28

Can Educational Games Be Fun?

John Hanke

2:13