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Rowan Kaiser Legacy Author
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    GDC 2014

    Women Belonging in Video Games: #1ReasonToBe

    Image Source: Dominique Pamplemousse by Deidre Kiai At around 5pm on Thursday evening, game designer Deirdra Kiai apparently decided to blow the lid ...
    By Rowan Kaiser Legacy AuthorMarch 26, 2014
    GDC 2014

    How Crusader Kings 2‘s Story Could Be Game of Thrones

    The grand strategy game has become popular for it’s story-driven nature, but takes it cues from such games as The Sims. The result ...
    By Rowan Kaiser Legacy AuthorMarch 20, 2014
    The Red Box Diaries

    Out of the D&D Closet

    Dungeons & Dragons – or tabletop roleplaying in general – both repels me and attracts me. I can admit it now, freely. I ...
    By Rowan Kaiser Legacy AuthorSeptember 14, 2010
    Anti/Villain

    Stop Killing the Foozle!

    Imagine a game without a final boss. Not just a strategy game or a social game or something that usually doesn’t have a ...
    By Rowan Kaiser Legacy AuthorJuly 13, 2010
    Full Spectrum Gamer

    Hardcore Maleness

    Let’s cut through the crap, shall we? The terms “casual” and “hardcore” are codes. They’re words we use in the public sphere to ...
    By Rowan Kaiser Legacy AuthorJune 1, 2010
    Extra Life

    Mid-Level Exceptions

    The process of imagination drives our culture’s most compelling narratives. Be it Lost, The Wheel of Time, or Star Wars, these stories convey ...
    By Rowan Kaiser Legacy AuthorMay 1, 2007

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