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Category Archives: notable design

Notable Design: Bejeweled Blitz

29-Jan-10

Bejeweled has been around a long time.  Closing in on ten years, I expect.  And the formula has changed very little in that time.  The match three style of puzzle game that it spawned is pretty much everywhere nowadays as well. Not many people have tried to innovate on that formula (though there are some [...]

Notable Design: Darksiders

07-Jan-10

Darksiders is a fairly by-the-numbers 3rd person action game in the style of God of War / Devil May Cry.  However, as I play it, I’m seeing some nice subtle design tweaks that make it stand out against the games from which it obviously drew inspiration. Particularly, the way the instant kills work.  To pull [...]