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Warren Spector's Master Class on Video Games and Digital Media

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1 recommender · 1 thread · recommended in 1 year, 2011 · score 0.7

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A paid MasterClass taught by game designer Warren Spector covering video game design and digital media, including how game design is approached and what counts as a game.

Commenters point to it as a thought-provoking course for anyone interested in game design, citing its opening lecture on whether point-and-click adventure games are really games.

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  1. Recommendsaw3c22011in “Dear John Carmack.”

    If you are interested in game design I highly recommend Warren Spector's master class on Video Games and Digital Media. In his first lecture he talks about how eg those point and click adventure games are no games to some extend. Highly interesting and thought provoking.

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