This is the continuation of Narrative: The power of Presence — PART 1/2. There we talked about how Narrative is a dangerous three-dimensional entity that propagates through an entangled and vulnerable consciousness matrix, having the belief as the unit that conforms it. We also asked, what if reality is an…

The Narrative is the most powerful and devastating weapon ever existed. It made empires fall, justified interventions, invasions, it fidgeted with markets and brought fake hope to the hopeless. It gave shape to religions and shed light to the path of science: the Narrative is dangerous. …

There is a Metaverse we know nothing about, but at some point we will be obligated to log in. This is a Metaverse that has been there waiting for us since the beginning of times, a Metaverse from which you can’t go back to reality… It’s called The After Life… Metaverse doesn’t knock on the door. …

Making Chess a reflection of world we live in. An update of the design and concepts behind it. — INTRODUCTION Before jumping into the re-design of the Chess game it is important to understand the foundation around its original design.

Video Games as Space Generator — Video games are often blamed because children chose playing them rather than playing outside, when, in many cases, no such a choice is available. Rapid urbanization saw the development of urban playgrounds in the midst of city streets, responding to a growing sense of children’s diminishing access to space and…

The bitterness of being almost forty. — Dear world, The Millennial generation is the most fucked up of all generations and here we are, flipping stories on Instagram — being unfaithful to Facebook. We were screwed from the beginning; we were born the same time computers did — the perfect Guinea Pigs. We were the test subject…

Understanding the Game Design Grammar — PART 3/3 — 1. Diplomacy Diplomacy is the player’s skill in managing the relationship with other players or NPCs (non-playable characters) in pursuit of a goal. Provide non-exclusive goals to the game actors encourage the diplomacy. Diplomacy enriches the opposition. 2. Cosmetics Rich and splendid display, detail, and sense of place can greatly add a game’s emotional…

Understanding the Game Design Grammar — PART 2/3 — What is a Game? A game is a form of art in which participant, termed players, make decisions in order to manage resources through game tokens in the pursuit of a goal. 1. Decision-Making Interaction has no value itself. Interaction must have a purpose to be part of game. Game are not only interactive, the thing…

Understanding the Game Design Grammar — PART 1/3 — “If we are to produce works worthy to be termed “art”, we must start to think about what it takes to do so, to set ourselves goals beyond the merely commercial. For we are embarked on a voyage of revolutionary import: the democratic transformation of the arts. …