IndustryBroadcast » ethan kennerly http://www.industrybroadcast.com Bringing the Collective Insight of the Gaming Industry to your ears Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:00:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 2010 ryan@industrybroadcast.com (RyanW) ryan@industrybroadcast.com (RyanW) Video Game Industry 1440 http://industrybroadcast.com/images/ib_logo144x144.jpg IndustryBroadcast http://www.industrybroadcast.com 144 144 http://feeds.feedburner.com/Industrybroadcast Industrybroadcast.com - Bringing the Collective Insight of the Gaming Industry to your Ears Bringing the Collective Insight of the Gaming Industry to your ears Video Game, Video Game Industry, Game developer, Game designer, video game producer, video game manager, game education, video game studio RyanW RyanW ryan@industrybroadcast.com no no Audio Article #133: Open Problems in Simulation and Story Analysis http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/07/21/audio-article-133-open-problems-in-simulation-and-story-analysis/ http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/07/21/audio-article-133-open-problems-in-simulation-and-story-analysis/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:09:58 +0000 Ryan http://www.industrybroadcast.com/?p=495 Ethan Kennerly hits us with another extremely well thought through and written article.   Today he sets about to establish a theorectical framework upon which we can discuss the and analyze the relations and problems between 4 correlating areas of game design: simulation, user interface, story and aesthetics.

Title: ‘Open Problems in Simulation and Story Analysis‘ – Original Article

Written by: Ethan Kennerly (www.finegamedesign.com)

Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on July 21st, 2009

]]> http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/07/21/audio-article-133-open-problems-in-simulation-and-story-analysis/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Ethan Kennerly hits us with another extremely well thought through and written article.   Today he sets about to establish a theorectical framework upon which we can discuss the and analyze the relations and problems between 4 correlating areas of g[...] Ethan Kennerly hits us with another extremely well thought through and written article.   Today he sets about to establish a theorectical framework upon which we can discuss the and analyze the relations and problems between 4 correlating areas of game design: simulation, user interface, story and aesthetics. Title: ‘Open Problems in Simulation and Story Analysis‘ – Original Article Written by: Ethan Kennerly (www.finegamedesign.com) Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on July 21st, 2009 RyanW no no Audio Article #108 – Dark Ages Politics in Theory and Practice http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/05/05/audio-article-108-dark-ages-politics-in-theory-and-practice/ http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/05/05/audio-article-108-dark-ages-politics-in-theory-and-practice/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 20:02:36 +0000 Ryan http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/05/05/audio-article-108-dark-ages-politics-in-theory-and-practice/ Ethan Kennerly takes us through the intricate political system that he crafted for Dark Ages.  Once again sharing his insight on how he made Dark Ages the incredibly immersive experience that it was.

Title: ‘Dark Ages Politics in Theory and Practice‘ – Original Article

Written by: Ethan Kennerly (www.finegamedesign.com)

Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on May 5th, 2009

]]> http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/05/05/audio-article-108-dark-ages-politics-in-theory-and-practice/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Dark Ages: Online Roleplaying's political system synthesizes and balances popular opinion, administrative control, role-playing merit, and scalability. The balance of influences enriches the atmosphere and counters corruption of the community's inte[...] Dark Ages: Online Roleplaying's political system synthesizes and balances popular opinion, administrative control, role-playing merit, and scalability. The balance of influences enriches the atmosphere and counters corruption of the community's intent: entertainment for all its members. RyanW no no Audio Article #92: The role of Religion in Dark Ages: Online Roleplaying http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/04/01/audio-article-92-the-role-of-religion-in-dark-ages-online-roleplaying/ http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/04/01/audio-article-92-the-role-of-religion-in-dark-ages-online-roleplaying/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:31:22 +0000 Ryan http://www.industrybroadcast.com/?p=331 Ethan Kennerly shares some of his creative insight and experience in crafting the system of Religion for Dark Ages and the Depth of experience that it brought to that game.

Title: ‘The role of Religion in Dark Ages: Online Roleplaying‘ – Original Article

Written by: Ethan Kennerly (www.finegamedesign.com)

Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on April 1st, 2009

]]> http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2009/04/01/audio-article-92-the-role-of-religion-in-dark-ages-online-roleplaying/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Ethan Kennerly shares some of his creative insight and experience in crafting the system of Religion for Dark Ages and the Depth of experience that it brought to that game. Title: ‘The role of Religion in Dark Ages: Online Roleplaying‘ [...] Ethan Kennerly shares some of his creative insight and experience in crafting the system of Religion for Dark Ages and the Depth of experience that it brought to that game. Title: ‘The role of Religion in Dark Ages: Online Roleplaying‘ – Original Article Written by: Ethan Kennerly (www.finegamedesign.com) Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on April 1st, 2009 RyanW no no Audio Article #44: Game Interface Design http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2008/12/12/audio-article-44-game-interface-design/ http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2008/12/12/audio-article-44-game-interface-design/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:02:59 +0000 Ryan http://www.industrybroadcast.com/?p=168 The wise and revered Mr. Kennerly brings us a great article today about not only the finer points of interface design but on the importance that spatial reasoning has had in interface design tracing all the way back to Text based games and ending with an analysis of WoW’s design success’s and shortcomings to wrap up his recurring comarison of MMP UI’s compared to single player UI’s.

Title: ‘Game Interface Design‘ – Original Article

Written by: Ethan Kennerly (www.finegamedesign.com)

Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on December 12th, 2008

]]> http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2008/12/12/audio-article-44-game-interface-design/feed/ 0 0:00:01 The wise and revered Mr. Kennerly brings us a great article today about not only the finer points of interface design but on the importance that spatial reasoning has had in interface design tracing all the way back to Text based games and ending wi[...] The wise and revered Mr. Kennerly brings us a great article today about not only the finer points of interface design but on the importance that spatial reasoning has had in interface design tracing all the way back to Text based games and ending with an analysis of WoW’s design success’s and shortcomings to wrap up his recurring comarison of MMP UI’s compared to single player UI’s. Title: ‘Game Interface Design‘ – Original Article Written by: Ethan Kennerly (www.finegamedesign.com) Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on December 12th, 2008 RyanW no no Audio Article #32: Better Game Design through Data Mining http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2008/11/25/audio-article-32-better-game-design-through-data-mining/ http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2008/11/25/audio-article-32-better-game-design-through-data-mining/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:49:56 +0000 Ryan http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2008/11/25/audio-article-32-better-game-design-through-data-mining/ We are pleased to present the second piece of wisdom from the mind of Ethan Kennerly.  We dive head first into the world of Data Mining and what it can do for your online game, or even in principal offline product as well.  Ethan lays down a clear and concise road map on how to get the very most of data mining and some of the risks that come with it

Title: ‘Better Game Design through Data Mining ‘

Written by: Ethan Kennerly (www.finegamedesign.com)

Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on November 25th, 2008

]]> http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2008/11/25/audio-article-32-better-game-design-through-data-mining/feed/ 0 0:00:01 We are pleased to present the second piece of wisdom from the mind of Ethan Kennerly.  We dive head first into the world of Data Mining and what it can do for your online game, or even in principal offline product as well.  Ethan lays down a clear a[...] We are pleased to present the second piece of wisdom from the mind of Ethan Kennerly.  We dive head first into the world of Data Mining and what it can do for your online game, or even in principal offline product as well.  Ethan lays down a clear and concise road map on how to get the very most of data mining and some of the risks that come with it Title: ‘Better Game Design through Data Mining ‘ Written by: Ethan Kennerly (www.finegamedesign.com) Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on November 25th, 2008 RyanW no no Audio Article #25: Fun is Fine http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2008/11/13/audio-article-25-fun-is-fine/ http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2008/11/13/audio-article-25-fun-is-fine/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:46:58 +0000 Ryan http://industrybroadcast.com/?p=101 The first of what will be many insightful articles from Ethan Kennerly titled: Fun is Fine.  In this article we delve deep into the question of ‘Are Games Fun’ one which requires not only a deeper understanding of games, but also that of fun itself.

Title: ‘Fun is Fine Toward a Philosophy of Game Design’

Written by: Ethan Kennerly(www.finegamedesign.com)

Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on November 13th, 2008

]]> http://www.industrybroadcast.com/2008/11/13/audio-article-25-fun-is-fine/feed/ 0 0:00:01 The first of what will be many insightful articles from Ethan Kennerly titled: Fun is Fine.  In this article we delve deep into the question of ‘Are Games Fun’ one which requires not only a deeper understanding of games, but also that of[...] The first of what will be many insightful articles from Ethan Kennerly titled: Fun is Fine.  In this article we delve deep into the question of ‘Are Games Fun’ one which requires not only a deeper understanding of games, but also that of fun itself. Title: ‘Fun is Fine Toward a Philosophy of Game Design’ Written by: Ethan Kennerly(www.finegamedesign.com) Read aloud by: Ryan Wiancko on November 13th, 2008 RyanW no no