We discuss the Street Fighter 5 trailer as well as the games we're playing now: Super Mario 3D World, Smash Bros. 4, Transistor, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Sirlin gives an award for worst m...
2014-12-23 08:05:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This podcast episode is about how to make tournament rules. Part of it is avoiding clearly bad rules, but beyond that, it's still really hard to do well. Also, I discuss the business success of Ninten...
2014-12-12 08:45:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Check out this photo of all the new Yomi stuff from kickstarter backer Ben Alman.
2014-12-06 21:10:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Yomi kickstarter pledge rewards have been shipping all week. Is anyone else excited? :) https://sirlin...
2014-12-05 01:02:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's episode 3 of my podcast. Thanks to all the patrons for your support! This one is about my biggest frustration with what's happened to the world of competitive games.
2014-11-30 07:08:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's my opinion on two recent science fiction movies.
2014-11-25 06:17:40 +0000 UTC View Post
The Yomi kickstarter is shipping soon. A bit early, even. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sirlin...
2014-11-21 01:02:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm doing consulting in the UK right now, so I'll be away for a week. I will return to do more updates next week. :)
2014-11-11 08:41:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Episode 2 of my podcast is up. Thanks to all the patrons supporting it.
2014-11-05 21:35:37 +0000 UTC View PostI'm editing the second episode of the podcast now. It should be ready to post tomorrow. And the second episode of the *other* podcast (for patrons only) should be ready really soon too! I'll be away ...
2014-11-04 22:10:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's another shot of Pandante players at IndieCade. This event was the inspiration for the new Pandante content I posted (for patrons).
2014-10-31 05:25:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a shot from the Pandante booth at IndieCade. Look at that sweet Pandante banner! It was actually really helpful to see new people play the game. It gave me lots of ideas that I'll show the patr...
2014-10-29 20:19:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the first episode of my new podcast. In this episode, I discuss the concept of Cocaine Logic—the fallacy that "helps the player win" means "good to exist in the game design". I also discuss r...
2014-10-29 00:15:59 +0000 UTC View Post