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Importance of Music, Part 2

Importance of Music, Part 2

Part 1 >> “I had a nudge of this for a while. I’ve tried to deny it and try to put it under genres with different sounding instruments, but still, they still have that video game feel too them. When you’re 6 year old nephew says it sounds like video game music (his exact words) [...]

Importance of Music, Part 1

Importance of Music, Part 1

Part 2 >> As I sit in the computer science department lab, 12:30 in the morning, Mario Bros Theme song (as an a cappella) playing in the background, I start to wonder. What makes video game music great? To answer this question, I first set out to discover what other people consider to be great [...]

Anybody Can Make Games

Anybody Can Make Games

Anybody Can Make Games Pick a plain sheet of paper and a pencil, and sit down at the table. Draw “four” little lines, an overhang, and a rope. Ask your friend to guess a letter… Congratulations, you just made a game. Games don’t have to be particularly difficult or long to make, and range from [...]

Polian Loves: Mayfair Games

Polian Loves: Mayfair Games

The company Mayfair Games got its start sometime back around 1990, so they’ve been around a while. All games they produce are creative, beautiful, and fun to play. The ideas are unique and the stories change with every play. And best yet, the majority of the game designers play DnD. Perhaps surprisingly, this isn’t a [...]