Krystian Majewski

Krystian Majewski was born in Warsaw and studied design at Köln International School of Design. Before, he was working on a mid-size console project for NEON Studios in Frankfurt. He helped establish a Master course in Game Design and Research at the Cologne Game Lab. Today he teaches Game Design at various institutions and develops independent games.

Website: http://www.krystian.de

Let’s Fail Secret of Mana

I almost forgot! Here is something I did recently. Together with @mczonk and @fabric_8, we started a co-op Let’s Play of Secret of Mana. I don’t think I posted about it yet, did I?

It’s German only. We decided to call this “Let’s Fail”. As you might guess, we aren’t taking this too seriously. We are playing [...]

Monster Hunter Podcast Episode 55

This time on the Monster Hunter Podcast: 8 Sides to a Square. We finally record a show in true HD using the new Monster Hunter Portable 3rd. We use this opportunity to undermine everything you know about geometry.

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Podcasts about TRAUMA

There have been a lot of exciting TRAUMA news recently. One major bomb is coming up soon. I can’t post everything at once. But here are 3 interesting bits. TRAUMA has been mentioned on 3 recent podcasts.
First and probably most important would be an 1-hour interview on the Experience Points Podcast. I have been posting a [...]

Choice in Catherine

Choice in Catherine

“Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers…”

Choice is perhaps the most overrated aspects of interactive storytelling. Sid Meier defined a game as a series of interesting choices after all. So in order to hammer in the [...]

Monster Hunter Podcast Episode 54

This time on the Monster Hunter Podcast: Learn to Love a Crab. Our relentless hunter embark on a series of Freedom Unite quests and exchange tip on various crucial topics. Among them the art and science of crustacean romance.

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NotGames Fest 2011 Retrospective

NotGames Fest 2011 Retrospective

After our first NotGames Fest 2011 it’s time to do a short retrospective. I already wrote a little about the exhibition while the fest was running. So I won’t repeat myself too much. Instead I let images speak. Katharina Tillmanns from CGL made this beautiful video:

For German-speaking readers, here is another nice Feature by the German [...]

GameBoy Refurbishing Project

GameBoy Refurbishing Project

UPDATE a surprising amount of people keeps mailing me about this. I just wanted to save everybody trouble by pointing out that ALL GAMEBOYS IN THIS POST HAVE ALREADY BEEN SOLD. I DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE. I DO NOT PLAN TO MAKE MORE. I AM NOT GOING TO REPAIR YOUR GAMEBOY. IT DOESN’T MATTER [...]

Hard Mode

Hard Mode

I’m lying in shallow water. It’s clouded and windy today. The ocean is in turmoil, quite unlike yesterday. A chaotic series of foamy, angry waves is approaching me. I’m exhausted. I can hardly catch my breath. Sharp pain is shooting through my side every time I inhale too deeply. My knees are sanded down to [...]

Monster Hunter Podcast Episode 53

This time on the Monster Hunter Podcast: Nobel Prize in Monster Hunting. The great Mazeron joins us to do some tricky skill-based challenges. As he does, we pounder the possibilities of a Nobel Prize in Monster Hunting.

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Monster Hunter Podcast Episode 52

This time on the Monster Hunter Podcast: A Monster Hunter Anniversary. We’re celebrating a full year of Monster Hunter Podcasts by re-visiting every game in the series. How fun!

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Game Design Reviews is a Blog used by a group of game designers from Germany to publish and discuss their thoughts on various games. The blog consists entirely of reviews of games. Each review focuses on the important game design ideas and concepts of that particular game. We also run a second, more informal Blog called Game Design Scrapbook.

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