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Christian Nutt's Blog   Expert Blogs

Gamasutra's main editor in charge of the blogs section. Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions you have about blogging on Gamasutra -- either technical or related to content. 

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Gamasutra Blog Guidelines - Updated and open for discussion   Featured Blogs
Posted by Christian Nutt on Mon, 20 May 2013 02:39:00 EDT in
Here are the latest blog guidelines. This post serves as an open forum for your comment on them.
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Identity  Featured Blogs
Posted by Christian Nutt on Fri, 03 May 2013 04:20:00 EDT in
A rumination on gamer culture and the gamer identity in 2013.
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Dragon's Crown, George Kamitani, and being stupid on Facebook  Featured Blogs
Posted by Christian Nutt on Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:10:00 EDT in Console/PC, Art, Business/Marketing
Why does it matter when a game developer makes a little gay joke? I'll tell you why.
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Memories of Kenji Eno  Featured Blogs
Posted by Christian Nutt on Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:03:00 EST in Console/PC, Design
One of the most iconoclastic developers of the 1990s disappeared this week, and I share my memories of him and his games.
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How watching speedruns reminded me why I love games  Featured Blogs
Posted by Christian Nutt on Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:05:00 EST in Console/PC, Design
I spent hours watching AGDQ's speed runs of games like Pokémon Gold, Mario 64 and Wind Waker this weekend, and the experience was utterly refreshing and engrossing, and in this blog post I explain how and why.
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In defense of Nights...   Featured Blogs
Posted by Christian Nutt on Wed, 03 Oct 2012 06:54:00 EDT in
So, Nights has finally been rereleased on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and we're hearing that it's not all it was cracked up to be 16 years ago. Here's one Gamasutra editor's take.
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Christian Nutt's Comments

Comment In: Maturity, Challenge, Art and Games [Blog - 05/22/2013 - 09:05]

That 's a totally interesting ...

That 's a totally interesting point that 's actually different than the one I was trying to make, so I 'm very glad you raised it. r n r nMy thought is that Nintendo is continuously refining what Mario 's actions are Mario himself . They 're refining not just ...

Comment In: Xbox One preowned rumors batter GameStop shares [News - 05/24/2013 - 03:56]

The difference, I suspect, is ...

The difference, I suspect, is that due to an emphasis on retail discs and a total control over the marketplace and the issuance of codes Xbox One won 't have the bundles and the sales that make Steam 's implementation of a similar system so palatable to most gamers. If ...

Comment In: We're Indie, we like Microsoft. Too Controversial? [Blog - 05/23/2013 - 12:00]

If you want to read ...

If you want to read about how the Net Yaroze worked, this Gamasutra feature is great: r n r nhttp://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/169245/15 years later how sonys net .php r n r nAs you can read, for some reason, Sony US didn 't promote it nearly as heavily as Europe and Japan did, ...

Comment In: 'This model of game making is so fundamentally broken.' [News - 05/22/2013 - 06:02]

I think Animal Crossing meets ...

I think Animal Crossing meets this description. And has sold over 3m copies in Japan on the 3DS.

Comment In: Coding "To The Metal" is a dangerous ideal. [Blog - 05/22/2013 - 05:37]

You could probably have come ...

You could probably have come up with a more constructive critique than this -- a comment is an opportunity to showcase your opposing viewpoint. Please keep things civil.

Comment In: Letting the Player Find the Fun [Blog - 05/23/2013 - 09:15]

Funny you should mention Super ...

Funny you should mention Super Metroid... http://i.imgur.com/xW2jQMe.jpg r n r nI think this is the other side of your blog post, on a serious note. Taking all of the thinking out of games and making them linear checkpoint festivals or in the case of mobile games, series of the tiniest ...

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