NINTENDO still has my vote!

Many have said my love for Nintendo is biased, and that they are the gaming company that sits on the sidelines watching as X-box & Sony duke it out for top rank. This seems to be a running joke within certain gaming sections but I’m okay with that and so is Nintendo it seems, and why shouldn’t they be? While my love leans towards, Metroid, Mortal Kombat, & Mario Bros etc., we can always fall back on the statistics.  There are forty games that have sold over 15million dollars in copies, Nintendo  is in the lead (#1 Tetris 143 million,  #2Wii Sports 82 million) with seven of their games being in the top ten and a total of  twenty-two being among the forty.  I truly believe that their unique and somewhat isolated approach in production and design style when put up against their competitors is what has allowed them to thrive all of these years and I don’t think that will change anytime soon.  

~Michael Lude

Gamasutra!

I am back to further explore the world of game design. While there are so many aspects to touch base on I will save those for a later date and for this post, point out some amazing sites to check out. My number one pick www.gamasutra.com, This site is a well of knowledge in all aspects of gaming and there are no shortages of useful links and references. I have found one of the more frustrating obstacles when starting a project from scratch is figuring out where to start. At Gamasutra the overflowing sputum of irrelevant and distracting facts is relatively easy to avoid. They are well cataloged and provide to the point guidance when dispersing the knowledge  you seek.  Be sure to check this site out when doing research or looking for a specific answer to your gaming question.

 

~Michael

NEW character concept drawing!

Greetings 3twins fans!

It is always difficult for me to know what to post about and what to keep as a secret with regards to our progress in the game.  Sorry it has been a while since I posted anything.  My grandfather has been in the hospital, so I hope you all understand the delay in new teases.

That being said, today I would like to introduce you to another new character to our Nintendo Wii U game: Of Mages & Pages: Teento's Revenge, Myreej the jester.  Myreej is the royal advisor to the good King Mathos.  These sketches are still a work in progress, so his final design may change, but I wanted to share this with all of you.  These designs come from the newest member of our team, Michael Lude (who some of you may remember from several great Hatman stories like Back to the Beginning)

-Jason