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Wendy Despain Legacy Author
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    You're Wrong

    Making Fun Ain’t Always Fun

    I’ve noticed there’s this image out there among the general populace that videogame developers are all super-mega gamer dudes who go into work ...
    By Wendy Despain Legacy AuthorAugust 10, 2010
    Massively Casual

    Falling Into a Happy Aquarium

    I am a reluctant Facebook user in the first place. When I started to see notices about cows in Bermuda shorts wandering onto ...
    By Wendy Despain Legacy AuthorJuly 27, 2010
    God Save the Queen

    Wandering Stars

    The first time I noticed the name “International Hobo” was in a session on game design at GDC a few years back by ...
    By Wendy Despain Legacy AuthorApril 14, 2009
    Of Love and Games

    The Dating Game

    I wasn’t really sure what to expect from my first year at Project Horseshoe, but the last thing I imagined was spending most ...
    By Wendy Despain Legacy AuthorFebruary 10, 2009
    Editor's Choice

    Bark! Bark! Bark!

    I have a confession to make. Ready? Here it is: I own two small dogs some might call yippy. They wear clothes. They ...
    By Wendy Despain Legacy AuthorNovember 4, 2008
    Dungeons and Dollars

    Legislating The Virtual World

    Everybody knows the old Philosophy 101 question: How do we know the “real world” isn’t just a very convincing simulation? Now, thanks to ...
    By Wendy Despain Legacy AuthorOctober 7, 2008
    The Fiction Issue

    Crunch Time

    Joey listened for a minute to the sound of tapping keys on the other side of the cubicle wall. He was trying to ...
    By Wendy Despain Legacy AuthorApril 1, 2008
    Editor's Choice

    Play Like a 3-Year-Old

    I am now convinced that when it comes to game design we get stupider as we get older. This was made very clear ...
    By Wendy Despain Legacy AuthorJanuary 15, 2008

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