Avant Gaming:
avant-gaming
-noun
1. an advanced group in game design whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.
-adjective
1. of or pertaining to the experimental treatment of games and play styles.
2. unorthodox or daring game designs; radical.


Mitch Gitelman: Raging Against the Machine

Mitch Gitelman & Andrew BrownSo I used to review games for Inside Mac Games. With due respect to that organization, the experience of being a commercial game reviewer led me to quit and start the first iteration of Avantgaming. I just wasn’t interested in writing in the language that the industry dictates.

So drawing on that experience, I greatly enjoyed listening to OXM’s podcast interview with Shadowrun Lead Developer Mitch Gitelman (FASA Studio Manager). The interview starts at 21:12.

I don’t know if it qualifies as the best developer rant ever, but Raph Koster has some serious competition here



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