Month: June 2022

I like building products, and games are such a special type of product since they aren’t appealing to people out of any pragmatic considerations;…

Before taking this class, I had only thought about games from a consumer’s perspective. As someone who has played video games since I was…

Before this class, I thought about game design mostly in terms of the mechanics and systems required to make a great game based on…

Before this class, I thought about playing games just in the context of fun and never played them critically. Playing games critically made me…

Prior to 247G, I thought about play in a broad sense—my brother and I creating competition in the hallway by trying to throw a…

Before taking this incredible class, I never thought about game design. My friends and I played an occasional game and my thoughts did not…

I’m part of the Stanford Vietnamese Students’ Association, and recently we had our annual end-of-year banquet. As per tradition, everyone is given a group-determined…

Ages of Empires is a strategy war game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Xbox. Age of Empires target audience is designed for…

Before this class, I loved playing games but never thought much about their design or origins. Most of the games I play are games…

I am one of few graduate students and one of the few who worked in the gaming industry prior to the class. My time…

Before the class, I had limited experience in game design. I took a video game programming class three years ago, in which I completed…