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Adam is the creator of the independent experimental game Time Flows, But Does Not Return and has taken part in the Experimental Gameplay Project. He has previously worked in the game industry in Montreal, but is now a programmer in another industry. While his formal education is in the history of 20th century international relations, he has been making games in some form or other (board games, card games, video games) for most of his life and it's a field he'll continue to be a part of. He currently has multiple projects in the works, which may make all of them less likely to ever see the light of day. If you want to get in touch with him, you can reach him at shapeofgames@gmail.com.
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Member Blogs
I Spoke With Esther |
Posted by Adam Bishop on Fri, 12 Oct 2012 03:20:00 EDT in
Console/PC,
Design
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"Don't bother," she said. |
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Getting Into Making Games |
Posted by Adam Bishop on Thu, 09 Aug 2012 06:05:00 EDT in
Console/PC,
Indie,
Design,
Programming
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Want to start making video games but don't know where to start? I've got a few suggestions. |
Read More... | 18 Comments |
The Importance Of Being Earnest (About Villains) |
Posted by Adam Bishop on Sat, 17 Mar 2012 04:21:00 EDT in
Design,
Console/PC
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Developers build a trust with players over the course of a game. Don't betray it for the sake of a "shocking" plot twist. |
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The Pay Affects The Play |
Posted by Adam Bishop on Sun, 01 Jan 2012 03:12:00 EST in
Design,
Production,
Indie
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Digital sales aren't just affecting which games I play, they're affecting how I play them too. |
Read More... | 4 Comments |
Time To Grow Up |
Posted by Adam Bishop on Sat, 16 Oct 2010 01:21:00 EDT in
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An account of the constant sexual harassment I've witnessed in this industry and why gamers need to stop feeding into it. |
Read More... | 11 Comments |
The Myth of Replay Value |
Posted by Adam Bishop on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 02:04:00 EDT in
Design
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Why the concept of "replay value" typically misses the point. |
Read More... | 15 Comments |
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Adam Bishop's Comments
Comment In: 'This industry's in need of a shake-up' [News - 05/06/2013 - 12:28]
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Brion, you honestly don 't ... Brion, you honestly don 't think that if more games were made by and targetted at people other than adolescent males we 'd see a wider variety of thematic content Of course it goes without saying that having good people making things will likely result in better things being made, ... |
Comment In: Game Dev Tycoon fights piracy with piracy [News - 04/29/2013 - 04:39]
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My complaint is just that ... My complaint is just that with the pirate version, he didn 't take any time or put in any effort to give those pirates an opportunity to go from pirate players to paying players. r n r nActually they made a significant effort to give them an opportunity to turn ... |
Comment In: Dragon's Crown, George Kamitani, and being stupid on Facebook [Blog - 04/23/2013 - 03:10]
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Kamitani 's response pretty clearly ... Kamitani 's response pretty clearly implies that if you don 't like his drawings of women you must be gay. I don 't understand how anyone could fail to see why that 's problematic. |
Comment In: Why I'll Never Work on First-Person Shooters Again [Blog - 04/19/2013 - 06:56]
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Actually children are hugely influenced ... Actually children are hugely influenced by things like what they see on TV. Advertising has a far greater impact on children than it does on adults. There 's lots of good research into this topic: r n r nhttp://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/118/6/2563.full r n r nI know it 's nice to think that ... |
Comment In: Part 1: The End of the Dark Ages for QA in game development [Blog - 04/09/2013 - 03:17]
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I think the pay is ... I think the pay is a huge factor. Unless you 're very young and have no obligations, QA pay isn 't enough to live on. Certainly not enough to live on long enough to plan for it to be a career. |
Comment In: The Designer's Notebook: Three Problems for Interactive Storytellers, Resolved [Feature - 04/08/2013 - 04:00]
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You may be surprised to ... You may be surprised to discover that many political commentators have never been elected. Crazy, I know |
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