Category Thoughts

Fishing at the gym

I’ve just got back from a lunchtime gym session (a bit sad, I know, but I am in serious training to fit into a bridesmaid’s dress) and was delighted to find an option on the rowing machine called ‘The Fish…

The Tao of game design

Another article from Gamasutra, this time on the Tao of game design, which, the author (Ernest Adams) concludes, is: ‘know thyself, know thy player‘. Sounds very like the principles of user-centred design…

Inspirational games

A conversation in the pub last night started me reminiscing about all the old ZX Spectrum games I used to play in the 1980s, and how they have shaped my thoughts on educational games. Here’s my top five spectrum games…

Designing the fun out of games

Okay, this is going to be a bit of a rant. I suspect that it also might make me look a bit sad, playing computer games on a Saturday afternoon, but here goes… In my spare time I’m currently playing…

Sports and games

There’s some really interesting things happening at the moment with games and their potential to make us more active. I said a long while ago that the only way a running machine could be made even slightly palatable for me…