Wolfgang Westdorp

In the four weeks of prototyping, ideas were put on the table almost always to be rounded out. No idea came fully formed, just more round...

Going into what is now my seventh project, the nervous energy that used to occupancy each semester has largely gone away. This is one in...

The past four months have been educational to say the least. I came into this semester with an odd combination of confidence, excitement...

Impostor Syndrome is something that I have struggled with for most of my life, however until taking this class I did not have a name for...

I have fortunately never been on either end of a tense argument, however I have witnessed several. One in recent memory happened only...

There has not been to many times when I underestimated how much time or effort a certain project of paper will take. A streak I would...

There has not been a time in my carrier that I ever felt like I was not carrying my own weight on a project or team. Something that can...

I like to think of myself as having my priorities set up pretty well. I have a good sense or what’s important and what’s not and I am...

There has thankfully only one time so far that I felt like I had to carry a team. It was during my second project in Game History and...

In my spare time I write fiction, mostly fantasy and occasionally a D&D instance or part of a campaign, and every time I sit down to...

I can not recall anytime I have had any kind of rival, either with another team or an individual team member. Now this may just be...

Last semester professor Wiley had all the producers go through a similar project as production one to better prepare us for the current...

The worst team experience I had was during my second production zero project for Game History. Now things started off well enough, we all...

Originally I wanted to compare Far Cry 3 and 4 as it was Far Cry 3 that set the thematic standard for the next two mainline games in the...

Themes are the maypole that all else is spun around. Without it, the elements of the story are but ribbons in the wind: directionless,...

Let it be known at the top that there are two forms of agency in games. The first is conventional narrative agency, or a character’s...

As the medium we all love and admire continues to grow before our very eyes, the various facets of games grow as well. Tech becomes...

There is a misconception that games can not teach us anything if not directly educational. A notion I would like to rebuke as it...

This game is a master piece of art and sound as well as a must play for anyone who wants a good example of mechanics integrating into...

Now the recommendation with this game comes with a pretty sizable asterisk because while the game is a fun strategic romp through a...