RAVaught

I am a life long gamer with a BA in Game Design from UAT. Aside from a passion for games, I truly believe in game design as a mode for enhancing business, education, production, and other systems through the use of the systemic design and analytical tools in the game designer's toolbox.

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Interview with Axis Game Factory, makers of AGFPro for Unity Game Development

AGFPRO gives developers a quick, easy, and fun way to create content for their games. We take an inside look at HeavyWaterH2O with the co-founder Tammy McDonald.

RAVaught Feb 24, 2014

Choose Your Words Wisely

Recent damaging reporting techniques. Words have power, write responsibly.

RAVaught Aug 17, 2013

Great Expectations

RAVaught Jun 14, 2013

AAA Crowdfunding: How Kickstarter is Changing Face of the Industry

While Kickstarter is certainly not a new concept, seeing AAA devs like Obsidian and SquareEnix moving to the platform is a huge deal for the gaming community

RAVaught Jun 10, 2013

The Sexism Debate in the Game Industry

My thoughts on the sexism in gaming debate.

RAVaught Mar 21, 2013

Creating A Challenge

Analyzing game difficulty with a aim to improving the challenge of modern games.

RAVaught Mar 21, 2013

Meeting Community Needs

If there is no need or benefit to doing something, players won't do it.

RAVaught Mar 21, 2013

The Return of Brad McQuaid

Brad McQuaid, principal designer for the original Everquest returns to the game after more than a decade away.

RAVaught Mar 13, 2013

Free-to-Play vs. Free-to-Win

A deeper, less biased, and less emotional look at the Free-to-Play model, and what it means to gamers and developers.

RAVaught Mar 12, 2013

How the Arms Race Destroys an MMO’s Culture

Why the arms race in games hurts developers and players alike.

RAVaught Mar 12, 2013