Postmortem: The Singular Design of Katamari Damacy
By Keita Takahashi
It takes a lot of guts to try to implement a completely original game idea, and it's even more difficult to convince the powers that be to bring said game to overseas markets based solely on the originality of the title. Katamari Damacy's elegant simplicity, however, transcends language much in the same way that old cartoons and Charlie Chaplin movies did. Keita Takahashi explains how he brought the game from concept to completion while maintaining his original vision throughout.

Ethics of Game Design
By Dean Takahashi
How much freedom is too much? At what point do you place barriers to what your players can and cannot do to the characters in your game world? What language is appropriate for use during gameplay? Dean Takahashi explores these difficult ethical dilemmas and discovers that the line between right and wrong is as subjective as the line between fun and boring.

Cryptography For Game Developers
By Rupert Scammell
When was the last time you brushed up on your security skills? For those of you who only think about secure transactions when you order vegetables online, we've put together a crash course in encryption techniques and practices. While this is by no means the be all and end all of the subject, it's a good place to start for anyone trying to get a grip on securing online information transfers, such as in-game credit card processing, login information, and virtual item transfers. We've even included a bit of theory and methodology for you big-brained math geeks out there.

Game Plan
By Alex Handy
Fun Yet Evil

Heads Up Display
ChinaJoy Brings China Joy, FLA Finalists, and more.

Skunk Works
Wacom Intuos3, Corel Painter IX, Perforce 2004.2, and Lightwave 3D 8.0

The Inner Product
By Sean Barrett
Optimizing Pathfinding Part 1: Low-Level

Pixel Pusher
By Steve Theodore
Uncanny Valley

Aural Fixation
By Alexander Brandon
Streaming By Design

Necessary Evil
By Clarinda R. Merripen
Laying Out Lay-Out Plans

Game Shui
By Noah Falstein
A Matter Of Life Or Death

A Thousand Words
Mythic's Imperator

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