The Mechanics of Theme
One of the major differences between the video game and board games is their ways of treating "Theme". It's something that I touched upon during my IndieCade talk, (I swear, I'll get that recorded one of these days) but it's really a topic that we could talk about for hours and still have more mysteries than answers. Video games have a number of tools at their disposal. They have expensive voice actors, fancy cut scenes, scrolling text boxes, beautiful graphics and visuals an
The Way Isn't Always Easy
Truth be told, I don't know if I have any intention of doing this blogging thing. With the youtube videos, and the articles I always tried to help others and produce something at least decent quality. The thing about "Quality" is that it requires manufacturing. In order to attain the required level of polish you rehearse, you edit and you craft an experience. I don't want to do that here, there's enough of the facades in our world. I just want to talk openly and without any p