Archive

Game Design Essays

• Why not Undertale?
• Traces to Nowhere
• In Defense of Collectibles
• Under the Sea
• Lost Potential, Talos Principle
• Alien Isolation, Ludonarrative Consonance, and Soft Rules
• Muck-rakers
• Bioshock Infinite and the Great Divide, part 2
• Bioshock Infinite and the Great Divide, part 1
• Absolutely Nothing
• Prepare to Live ( Dark Souls Diary, Part 3 )
• Dark Souls Diary, Day 2
• Dark Souls Diary, Day 1
• Games Are Art.
• The importance of critical thought on games…
• Games and Puzzles
• The creative process…
• Grey, The new Black and White.

dunceCast Episodes

• dunceCast Episode 76 – A Blue Herring at the End of Game of Thrones
• dunceCast Episode 75 – Harry Potter and the Mystery of the Hitachi Magic Wand
• dunceCast Episode 74 – Discussin’ Dark Souls Part Deux
• dunceCast Episode 73 – The Cold Civil War
• dunceCast Episode 72 – I Swear, This Comes Full Circle Eventually
• dunceCast Episode 71 – Too Dunce to Cast
• dunceCast Presents: Dissin’ on Dark Souls
• dunceCast Episode 70 – Dreamception
• dunceCast Episode 69 – Get it?
• dunceCast Episode 68 – Alternative dunceFacts
• dunceCast Episode 67 – Inside or Outside, Underwater or Above?
• dunceCast Episode 66 -Bringing The Witness in for Questioning
• dunceCast Episode 65 – Staying Up All Night Playing Final Fantasy XV
• dunceCast Episode 64 – Show the Guests to our Second Swimming Pool
• dunceCast Episode 63 – David’s Dungeoneering
• dunceCast Episode 62 – Formative Video Game Memories
• dunceCast Episode 61 – Make America White Again
• dunceCast Episode 60 – Like Listening to Someone Recount The Entire Plot of The Force Awakens
• dunceCast Episode 59 – Only The Eldest of Scrolls Shall Suffice
• dunceCast Episode 58 – Gettin’ Meta
• dunceCast Episode 57 – Superhero or Superzero?
• dunceCast Episode 56 – Coming of Age
• dunceCast Episode 55 – The Jamiecast
• dunceCast Episode 54 – Ranting about Stranger Things
• dunceCast Episode 53 – SPECIAL – I Know Who Killed Laura Palmer
• dunceCast Episode 52 – Nine Out of Ten Movies Agree
• dunceCast Episode 51 – Building a World Between Us
• dunceCast Episode 50 – 3 Is Just a Rotated E
• dunceCast Episode 49 – Trying to Dodge Depression
• dunceCast Episode 48 – Learning to Eat Through a USB Port
• dunceCast Episode 47 – Roll up Some Fun!
• dunceCast Episode 46 – BK vs M64. Fight!
• dunceCast Episode 45 (Part 2) – Brotherhood of the Traveling Dunce: Revelations
• dunceCast Episode 45 – Brotherhood of the Traveling Dunce (Part 1)
• dunceCast Episode 44 – Concerning Hobbits
• dunceCast Episode 43 – No, Seriously, This is the FINAL Fantasy
• dunceCast Episode 42 – Which Mario Will Reign Supreme
• dunceCast Episode 41 – Better Zelda or Bestest Zelda?
• dunceCast Episode 40 – Burning Out is Better than Fading Away, but We’re Fading Anyway.
• dunceCast Episode 39 – Witness Spoilercast
• dunceCast Episode 38 – Living The Dream
• dunceCast Episode 37 – Is There a Television Pokemon?
• dunceCast Episode 36 – Witness Me, Bloodbag!
• dunceCast Episode 35 – D N D
• dunceCast Episode 34 – Stop Listening and Buy The Witness
• dunceCast Episode 33 – Goats of the Year 2015
• dunceCast Episode 32 – The Schwartz Awakeneth
• dunceCast Episode 31 – Return from Castle HandmadeCon 2015
• dunceCast Episode 30 – Unnecessary Remakes and Sequels
• dunceCast Episode 29 – Crallout Through The Fawlout
• dunceCast Episode 28 – Our First Listener E-Mail
• dunceCast Episode 27 – Matthew VanDevander Spoils a Video Game
• dunceCast Episode 26 – Furious Feminism
• dunceCast Episode 25 – Talking Shop
• dunceCast Episode 24 – This Podcast is a Double Album
• dunceCast Episode 23 – Everything Sucks Today!
• dunceCast Episode 22 – This Drink Drives Me to Work!
• dunceCast Episode 21 – Western Civilization V
• dunceCast Episode 20 – Well, We Lied…
• dunceCast Episode 19 – Going Off The Air
• dunceCast Episode 18 – The Godfather Part 0
• dunceCast Episode 17 – Next-Gen Nightmares
• dunceCast Episode 16 – Dear Outhouse Boy…
• dunceCast Episode 15 – Sense of Place
• dunceCast Episode 14 – Enter The Assman
• dunceCast Episode 13 – If It’s Any Console-ation
• dunceCast Episode 12 – Unchecked Predictions 2013
• dunceCast Episode 11 – GAME MUSIC SPECIAL
• dunceCast Episode 10 – The APOCALYPTICAST
• dunceCast Episode 9 – This Podcast is Frog Fractions 2
• dunceCast Episode 8 – Seriously, I Can Explain The Primer Timeline!
• dunceCast Episode 7 – The Return of Bacon Facts
• dunceCast Episode 6 – Due Date was a Bad Movie
• dunceCast Episode 5 – Three D DunceCast
• dunceCast Episode 4 – SKYFALL Spoilercast and Some Spare Change
• dunceCast Episode 3 – Six Degrees of Bacon Assassination
• dunceCast Episode 2 – Electric Boogaloo
• dunceCast Episode 1 – The Beginning of Something Terrible

Full Archive List

• dunceCast Episode 76 – A Blue Herring at the End of Game of Thrones
• dunceCast Episode 75 – Harry Potter and the Mystery of the Hitachi Magic Wand
• GOTcha (Season 8 Hot Takes: Part 1 of 1,000,000)
• dunceCast Episode 74 – Discussin’ Dark Souls Part Deux
• dunceCast Episode 73 – The Cold Civil War
• dunceCast Episode 72 – I Swear, This Comes Full Circle Eventually
• dunceCast Episode 71 – Too Dunce to Cast
• dunceCast Presents: Dissin’ on Dark Souls
• dunceCast Episode 70 – Dreamception
• What Have I Been Working On?
• dunceCast Episode 69 – Get it?
• dunceCast Episode 68 – Alternative dunceFacts
• dunceCast Episode 67 – Inside or Outside, Underwater or Above?
• Witness Essay Status Update
• dunceCast Episode 66 -Bringing The Witness in for Questioning
• Why not Undertale?
• dunceCast Episode 65 – Staying Up All Night Playing Final Fantasy XV
• dunceCast Episode 64 – Show the Guests to our Second Swimming Pool
• dunceCast Episode 63 – David’s Dungeoneering
• dunceCast Episode 62 – Formative Video Game Memories
• dunceCast Episode 61 – Make America White Again
• dunceCast Episode 60 – Like Listening to Someone Recount The Entire Plot of The Force Awakens
• dunceCast Episode 59 – Only The Eldest of Scrolls Shall Suffice
• dunceCast Episode 58 – Gettin’ Meta
• dunceCast Episode 57 – Superhero or Superzero?
• Richard Feynman – The Character of Physical Law (audio lectures)
• dunceCast Episode 56 – Coming of Age
• Braid Analysis Videos
• dunceCast Episode 55 – The Jamiecast
• dunceCast Episode 54 – Ranting about Stranger Things
• dunceCast Episode 53 – SPECIAL – I Know Who Killed Laura Palmer
• dunceCast Episode 52 – Nine Out of Ten Movies Agree
• dunceCast Episode 51 – Building a World Between Us
• dunceCast Episode 50 – 3 Is Just a Rotated E
• dunceCast Episode 49 – Trying to Dodge Depression
• dunceCast Episode 48 – Learning to Eat Through a USB Port
• dunceCast Episode 47 – Roll up Some Fun!
• dunceCast Episode 46 – BK vs M64. Fight!
• dunceCast Episode 45 (Part 2) – Brotherhood of the Traveling Dunce: Revelations
• dunceCast Episode 45 – Brotherhood of the Traveling Dunce (Part 1)
• dunceCast Episode 44 – Concerning Hobbits
• dunceCast Episode 43 – No, Seriously, This is the FINAL Fantasy
• dunceCast Episode 42 – Which Mario Will Reign Supreme
• dunceCast Episode 41 – Better Zelda or Bestest Zelda?
• dunceCast Episode 40 – Burning Out is Better than Fading Away, but We’re Fading Anyway.
• dunceCast Episode 39 – Witness Spoilercast
• dunceCast Episode 38 – Living The Dream
• dunceCast Episode 37 – Is There a Television Pokemon?
• Traces to Nowhere
• dunceCast Episode 36 – Witness Me, Bloodbag!
• In Defense of Collectibles
• dunceCast Episode 35 – D N D
• Dear friend, please play The Witness
• dunceCast Episode 34 – Stop Listening and Buy The Witness
• Star Trek: The Next Generation Watchlist
• The Schwartz Awakens
• Variety MegaJam 2016
• dunceCast Episode 33 – Goats of the Year 2015
• dunceCast Episode 32 – The Schwartz Awakeneth
• dunceCast Episode 31 – Return from Castle HandmadeCon 2015
• dunceCast Episode 30 – Unnecessary Remakes and Sequels
• HandmadeCon 2015
• dunceCast Episode 29 – Crallout Through The Fawlout
• dunceCast Episode 28 – Our First Listener E-Mail
• dunceCast Episode 27 – Matthew VanDevander Spoils a Video Game
• dunceCast Episode 26 – Furious Feminism
• Under the Sea
• dunceCast Episode 25 – Talking Shop
• dunceCast Episode 24 – This Podcast is a Double Album
• dunceCast Episode 23 – Everything Sucks Today!
• dunceCast Episode 22 – This Drink Drives Me to Work!
• dunceCast Episode 21 – Western Civilization V
• Gettin’ Paid
• dunceCast Episode 20 – Well, We Lied…
• Some forgotten things…
• Opposition Remix
• Duet, meet Unity. Unity, this is Duet.
• Opposition: A Small Puzzle Game
• Lost Potential, Talos Principle
• Using Sublime Text 3 For Handmade Hero
• Alien Isolation, Ludonarrative Consonance, and Soft Rules
• Some VR thoughts…
• Rooting For The Little Guy
• Muck-rakers
• Bioshock Infinite and the Great Divide, part 2
• Bioshock Infinite and the Great Divide, part 1
• DiveDive is Alive!
• Pencils Down. DiveDive, my #7DRL is complete! (redux)
• Sorry everybody, MASSIVE BUG.
• Final Hours of DiveDive
• New DiveDive Early Access Build
• A whole roguelike in only seven days!
• An experimental “game”
• dunceCast Episode 19 – Going Off The Air
• dunceCast Episode 18 – The Godfather Part 0
• dunceCast Episode 17 – Next-Gen Nightmares
• dunceCast Episode 16 – Dear Outhouse Boy…
• dunceCast Episode 15 – Sense of Place
• dunceCast Episode 14 – Enter The Assman
• dunceCast Episode 13 – If It’s Any Console-ation

• dunceCast Episode 12 – Unchecked Predictions 2013
• dunceCast Episode 11 – GAME MUSIC SPECIAL
• dunceCast Episode 10 – The APOCALYPTICAST
• dunceCast Episode 9 – This Podcast is Frog Fractions 2
• dunceCast Episode 8 – Seriously, I Can Explain The Primer Timeline!
• dunceCast Episode 7 – The Return of Bacon Facts
• dunceCast Episode 6 – Due Date was a Bad Movie
• dunceCast Episode 5 – Three D DunceCast
• dunceCast Episode 4 – SKYFALL Spoilercast and Some Spare Change
• dunceCast Episode 3 – Six Degrees of Bacon Assassination
• dunceCast Episode 2 – Electric Boogaloo
• dunceCast Episode 1 – The Beginning of Something Terrible
• A lonely screenshot
• Adventures in Shader-ville
• Duet is submitted to IndieCade
• Light Warriors Unite
• Honesty
• Press coverage!
• Duet Gameplay Overview
• Absolutely Nothing
• Down to the Wire
• Prepare to Live ( Dark Souls Diary, Part 3 )
• Dark Souls Diary, Day 2
• Dark Souls Diary, Day 1
• Laugh a little. Seriously.
• Games Are Art.
• Silence.
• Catherine is all grown up, in a good way.
• The importance of critical thought on games…
• Culling
• Games and Puzzles
• The creative process…
• New demo for Duet.
• Some good news, and some bad news…
• Jumpman
• I guess I did forget this time…
• …
• Ah, you thought I’d forgotten…
• Sorry, I just had to…
• Some new swagger…
• Prince…
• Humdiddly Day…
• Once again, my dear Johnny my dear friend.
• Braid’s out for PC
• Tired
• Pong
• Tic Tac Toe
• Random post of dook.
• Holy sh*t!
• And the weekend comes to a close, uneventfully.
• Hell week.
• New banner! Yay!
• A better teaser…
• A little teaser
• Gaddang it’s been a long freaking time..
• Buy Braid, now…
• It’s been a while…
• Grey, The new Black and White.
• School trips and stuff…
• Goode Ideas.
• Good night, and good luck…
• Stupid freaking slow internet…
• Graduation and all that shnaz…
• First Post