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Chris Crawford on Game Design Chris Crawford on Game Design (ISBN  ) is a book about computer and video game design by Chris Crawford. Although referred to as the second edition of "The Art of Computer Game Design", it is in fact a completely new book. It was published by Peachpit under the New Riders imprint in 2003. It includes Crawford's response to recent game developments, such as "The Sims", and dedicates a chapter to each of his first 14 published games: "", "Legionnaire", "Wizard", "Energy Czar", "Scram", "Eastern Front (1941)", "Gossip", "Excalibur", "Balance of Power", "Patton Versus Rommel", "Siboot", "", "Balance of the Planet" and "Patton Strikes Back".
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The Sims The Sims is a life simulation video game series, developed by EA Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. The franchise has sold nearly 200 million copies worldwide, and it is one of the best-selling video games series of all time.
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Chris Avellone Chris Avellone (born September 27, 1972) is an American video game designer and comic book writer who worked for Interplay and Obsidian Entertainment.
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Counter-Strike (video game) Counter-Strike (also known as Half-Life: Counter-Strike) is a first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation. It was initially developed and released as a "Half-Life" modification by Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess Cliffe in 1999, before Le and Cliffe were hired and the game's intellectual property acquired. "Counter-Strike" was released by Valve on the Microsoft Windows platform in 2000. The game spawned a franchise, and is the first installment in the "Counter-Strike" series. Several remakes and Ports of "Counter-Strike" have been released on the Xbox console, as well as OS X and Linux. It is sometimes referred to as Counter-Strike 1.6 to distinguish it from other titles of the series, 1.6 being the final major software update the game received.
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Pony Friends 2 Pony Friends 2 is a simulation game developed by Tantalus Media and published by Square Enix for Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, and Windows PC.
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I Am Alive I Am Alive is a survival video game developed by Ubisoft Shanghai and published by Ubisoft. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic setting and focuses on facing the permanent insecurity of a dystopian, decaying and hazardous world, and humanity's darkest inclinations towards brutality and materialism. Originally under development by Darkworks from 2003 until 2007, Ubisoft Shanghai completed the title. It was released for Xbox 360 on March 7, 2012, for PlayStation 3 on April 3, 2012 in North America and April 4, 2012 in Europe and also for Microsoft Windows on September 6, 2012.
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The Golf Club The Golf Club is a golf simulation video game developed by HB Studios for PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows and Xbox One on the Unity game engine. It is a golf sim targeting the social features of the next generation of consoles and boasting a powerful Course Creator based on the procedural generation of courses. The Course Creator can generate a brand new course in seconds which can be shared and played immediately online with friends and other gamers across PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. There are also full editing capabilities for courses, Tournaments and Tours. A sequel was announced, The Golf Club 2, which is set to release in Spring 2017.
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Viva Piñata (video game) Viva Piñata is a 2006 life simulation game developed by Rare and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360. The game revolves around the player tending to a neglected garden in Piñata Island, in which different variations of piñatas must be bred whilst fending off disruptive interlopers. The project was headed by Gregg Mayles and the team behind the "Banjo-Kazooie" series, based on an idea from Rare co-founder Tim Stamper. Microsoft wanted the game to become a key franchise for the platform, and developed a tie-in television show to accompany the series. "Viva Piñata" released in November 2006.
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Life with PlayStation Life with PlayStation was an online multimedia application for the PlayStation 3 video game console on the PlayStation Network. The application had four channels, all of which revolved around a virtual globe that displayed information according to the channel. The application also included a client for Folding@home, a distributed computing project aimed at disease research. s of November 2012 the service has been discontinued.
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Afrika (video game) Afrika is a photography and safari simulation video game for the PlayStation 3. Developed by Rhino Studios and published by Natsume, the game was first announced in a promotional video during the Sony press conference at E3 2006. "Afrika" has been referred to as being similar to the Nintendo 64 title "Pokémon Snap".
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SimAnimals SimAnimals is a life simulation video game published by Electronic Arts for the Nintendo DS and Wii console systems. It was released on January 21, 2009 in North America. It was released on January 29, 2009 in Australia and January 30, 2009 in Europe.
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UltraCorps UltraCorps is an online, multi-player, turn-based space strategy game originally developed by VR-1 Entertainment in 1997 and acquired by Microsoft's MSN Gaming Zone in 1998. The game couples distinctive 3-D rendered artwork and the ability to play with hundreds of people in a single game. It was the first multi-player turn-based game that could be played entirely in a web browser. In 2006, the game was redeveloped by Steve Jackson Games.
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Acrophobia (game) Acrophobia is an online multiplayer word game. The game was originally conceived by Andrea Shubert, and programmed by Kenrick Mock and Michelle Hoyle in 1995. Originally available over Internet Relay Chat, the game has since been developed into a number of variants, as a download, playable through a browser, via Twitter or through Facebook.
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Country Life (video game) Country Life is a farming simulation social network game developed by the Country Life development team and released on October 10, 2009. It has been inspired by the seminal "Story of Seasons" series and shares similarities with "FarmVille". Gameplay involving various aspects of farm management such as plowing land, planting, growing, and harvesting crops, harvesting trees, and bushes, and raising livestock.
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IntelliGym IntelliGym is a video-game-like training program designed to improve cognitive performance of competitive athletes. Due to its content and delivery methodology, it is considered a serious game. However, unlike many serious games, the "IntelliGym" uses a low-fidelity training approach which is based on a 'cognitive simulation' patented technology. Current release is available for basketball players (dubbed "The Basketball IntelliGym"), hockey players ("The Hockey IntelliGym", developed in conjunction with USA Hockey) and soccer players (dubbed "The Football IntelliGym").
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Stephen Glicker Stephen Glicker is a video game designer, programmer and blogger. He founded his first company, "Creative Simulations", in 1986. During this time he wrote, designed, programmed and published his first computer game "Mall Maniacs" for the Apple II computer system.
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Your Shape: Fitness Evolved Your Shape: Fitness Evolved is a fitness game developed and published by Ubisoft. The game was released on November 4, 2010 as a launch title for Kinect, a montion tracking sensor accessory for the Xbox 360. It is a sequel to "Your Shape", making it the second game in the franchise. The game uses "player projection" technology to capture the player's shape and form, dynamically incorporate them into the in-game environment, and tailor routines for the player. The game also features more emphasis on the use of resistance training, along with exercise programs developed in partnership with the magazines "Men's Health" and "Women's Health".
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Rise of Nations Rise of Nations is a real-time strategy computer game, developed by Big Huge Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios on May 20, 2003. The development of the game was led by veteran game designer Brian Reynolds, of "Civilization II" and "Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri". The game has taken several concepts from turn-based strategy games such as territories and attrition warfare. "Rise of Nations" features 18 civilizations, playable through eight ages of world history. It is consistently ranked and considered to be one of the greatest real-time strategy games of all time.
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Half-Life (video game) Half-Life (stylized as HλLF-LIFE) is a science fiction first-person shooter video game developed by Valve, released in 1998 by Sierra Studios for Microsoft Windows. It was Valve's debut product and the first in the "Half-Life" series. Players assume the role of Dr. Gordon Freeman, who must fight his way out of a secret research facility after a teleportation experiment goes disastrously wrong, fighting enemies and solving puzzles.
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City Life (video game) City Life is a city-building video game developed by Monte Cristo. It is the first modern building game to allow the player to work in full 3D environment. The game is by French developer Monte Cristo. It is published in France by Focus, in the UK and Germany by Deep Silver and in North America by CDV. It was released in May 2006.
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Winter Sports 2: The Next Challenge Winter Sports 2: The Next Challenge is a multi-sport simulation released in 2008 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Wii and DS. It was developed by 49 Games and is the sequel to "". The game features 16 winter sports events in 10 different disciplines with 16 countries represented.
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Zoo Tycoon Zoo Tycoon is a series of business simulation video games. The games focus around building and running successful zoo scenarios. The series was initially developed by Blue Fang Games and published by Microsoft Studios who later in 2001-2008 went on to create two stand-alone video games and seven expansion packs for PC and Macintosh platforms. In 2013, Microsoft Studios released a new "Zoo Tycoon" game, developed by Frontier Developments for Xbox One and Xbox 360. An enhanced version of the Xbox game, "", is planned to release for Windows 10 and the Xbox One on October 31, 2017.