The Usability of Things

Upgrade Complete is a great little flash game came out recently. Most likely based on one of the amazing conceptual exercises in Rules of Play, it focuses on one specific aspect of gameplay, buying upgrades, and takes it to its extreme. The upgrades you need to buy are to build the game itself, before you [...]

Back when I was heavily involved in a few Graphic Design communities, I was talking to a friend I worked with regularly about different influences and reasons people become designers. We had the standard stereotypes covered. There were some people that just loved playing with the tools, like Photoshop and Illustrator. There were some that [...]