Robert Yang Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

BFG

Philosophy of Game Design – Part Four

It’s the end of the line. We went from Aristotle and Plato to empiricism with David Hume to Marxist aesthetics with Theodor Adorno. ...

By Robert Yang Legacy AuthorOctober 19, 2010

I Like To Move It

Philosophy of Game Design – Part Three

Before we look more closely at the philosophy of art (or “aesthetics”) and games, let’s just briefly consider some of the answers for ...

By Robert Yang Legacy AuthorOctober 12, 2010

Geek, Dork, Nerd

Philosophy of Game Design – Part Two

To review from Part 1: Plato valued absolute truth, irrespective of player preferences, and so he argues that good games come from good ...

By Robert Yang Legacy AuthorOctober 5, 2010

Editor's Choice

The Philosophy of Game Design (part 1)

Ed. Note: This is the first installment of a four-part series discussing the philosophy of game design and how we define what makes ...

By Robert Yang Legacy AuthorSeptember 28, 2010

Queer Eye for the Gamer Guy

Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That

“James, please! … Now it’s your partner’s turn to speak.” Along with a short piano piece and the muffled sounds of traffic outside ...

By Robert Yang Legacy AuthorOctober 6, 2009

Reality Bytes

Grinding the Dating Scene

Young, single, somewhat good looking and probably out of my league. I wink anyway. My would-be future ex winces, immediately regretting eye contact ...

By Robert Yang Legacy AuthorAugust 18, 2009

The New School

Back to Basics

My students shuffle into my Counter-Strike level design course here at UC Berkeley. Today we’re play-testing a student’s final project, the culmination of ...

By Robert Yang Legacy AuthorMay 26, 2009