Valve games and much of Nintendo's first party stuff is well thought out and designed. Good design principles is a bit vauge; There's a lot in games to design.
Not too useful to learn game theory, though. Game theory and game design are two entirely different fields. Almost no videogame can teach you game theory unless the game is itself about game theory.
Which games best illustrate good design principles?
To what end? Being a good game from a theoretical perspective isn't really the same as being a good game from other perspectives.
If you want to learn theory, start with Settlers and solve it. Understand why you solved it. Then play every other game until you solve it.
What is the best book/game for beginner's game theory/game design?
If you want a text to learn game theory, I would AI texts as they tend focus on game theory as a basis for designing agents. AI a modern approach is one of the better texts. For game design it's a lot more vague as good design for games hasn't been nailed down. The art of game design may help. I cont vouch for that one as much, but the author is an acclaimed designer. Valve games as mentioned have particularly good commentary, particularly to the end of level design. The Extra Credits series on The Escapist has some good analysis. Beyond that, I would agree with Scrym and say play lots of games with a critical eye.
Technically you can overdose on anything and there's stuff in homoeopathic pills (Just no active ingredients.) so you could overdose on sugar if you took a dustbin or two full.
I owe my life to homoeopathic medicine as I once ate a whole packet because they tasted sweet. Real anti-fever pills would have messed me up.
I'd like to get some sort of tablet-ey device in the next few months and a smartphone is out of the question since I can't afford the monthly bill. I'm leaning towards either an iPod touch, or some sort of small tablet. I mainly just want something small I can dick around on the internet with that isn't a netbook or laptop. I'll have either my bag or a big coat for much of the year so it doesn't have to be THAT small but what do you guys think is a better choice?
Yup. Rumor has it that the new iPod touch is due this fall and there may be a 128 gig model. I don't need one that big but that may mean that the iPod touches at all price points get a higher capacity. I would be great if the cheapest one was 32 gig. And hopefully the new model will have a better camera too. An iPod touch would be great but I just wonder if it would be too small and if I will have trouble with the school network. I'm pretty sure we are only allowed one non-computer device on the network and I already have my Xbox on there.
Does anyone have any decent Android tablets on here? The galaxy tab is pretty small and not much more than an iPod.
Yes. It was made on SA. But I find the image creepy even if it is stupid. There is a pretty enteraining youtube series from a user called Marblehornets.
Is it weird listening to older episodes of Geeknights for anyone else? Can't explain when I mean, but whatever.
I can't listen to pre-2007 GeekNights. The audio quality is off, and Rym seems to be trying too hard to do a Calm Radio Voice.
What do you fellas think of Slenderman? I know it was created recently, but I really like it and find it creepy/scary.
It's the kind of stupid bullshit creepypasta-ready thing 4chan would think is scary (even though I'm pretty sure it was made on SA).
Jed is all about this created mythos. I'm not really interested
Here's every Slenderman story ever:
There was a guy who was really tall and had long arms. He looked really creepy. The end. Some people are elitist assholes about Anime, or Video Games. I'm an asshole about Creepypasta.
The galaxy tab is pretty small and not much more than an iPod.
Yep. And I'm lovin' it.
Do you have a 3g or wifi model? I heard the wifi model has a slower processor.
I have the 3G model. According to samsung, the wifi-only model has a 1GHz A8 Cortex Processor and the 3G model has a C110, 1GHz, Cortex A8 Hummingbird Application.
Does anyone else eat a cantaloupe/honeydew by cutting it in half and using it as a bowl to spoon out the fruit and eat is as you go?
I believe so.
The galaxy tab is pretty small and not much more than an iPod.
Yep. And I'm lovin' it.
Do you have a 3g or wifi model? I heard the wifi model has a slower processor.
I have the 3G model. According to samsung, the wifi-only model has a 1GHz A8 Cortex Processor and the 3G model has a C110, 1GHz, Cortex A8 Hummingbird Application.
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If you want to learn theory, start with Settlers and solve it. Understand why you solved it. Then play every other game until you solve it.
I owe my life to homoeopathic medicine as I once ate a whole packet because they tasted sweet. Real anti-fever pills would have messed me up.
Does anyone have any decent Android tablets on here? The galaxy tab is pretty small and not much more than an iPod.
It does 95% of what an iPad 2 can do.
IF you can get it cheap...
But you WILL need wifi. Its a doorstop without it.
There was a guy who was really tall and had long arms. He looked really creepy. The end.
Some people are elitist assholes about Anime, or Video Games. I'm an asshole about Creepypasta.
...I apologize if this seems like a non-sequiter. I am drunk.