{"id":644,"date":"2013-09-09T07:53:22","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T14:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.designer-notes.com\/?page_id=644"},"modified":"2026-04-02T10:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:55:11","slug":"presentations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.designer-notes.com\/presentations\/","title":{"rendered":"Presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Slides<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"font-style: normal;\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1QWE-CPzeYkvwJe62D0CUUC0CRzFoC4_m6hHIb7XwX-4\/edit?usp=sharing\">Don&#8217;t Blow It: Successful Franchises<\/a>\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TuBSnFcAiYo\">video<\/a>] (GDC, 2004)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1HS3wWH3lJQnNgNwrn9RtZU0nti2u0gyUNvhX51h_Bow\/edit?usp=sharing\">Play Early, Play Often: Prototyping <em>Civ 4<\/em><\/a>\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y7AV3tNYd5g\">video<\/a>] (GDC, 2006)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/0B6EedPhe_2HTX3drdkpqYjFQS1U\/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=100933596550232970725&amp;resourcekey=0-P3wv8Tv06r_SRBQzrOIR4g&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\">A Work in Progress<\/a> (AIIDE, 2007)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1BVc5Iw6Z86wQwvceWn5AxZS4uqGZAytrCLVwIBbxzGo\/edit?usp=sharing\">Playing to Lose: AI and Civilization<\/a>\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e7AWHT7j3V4\">video<\/a>] (GDC, 2008)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1pPe38ioyRXkFy_ha47FPmgoSDFFb08annkXjesFUOLc\/edit?usp=sharing\">Can Games Matter?<\/a> (Stanford, 2009)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/12hzZVZ05ml5E3RbszmCf6WM20s4unX_uvGXlduvChko\/edit?usp=sharing\">Theme is Not Meaning<\/a>\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PHFSuDCBFWw\">video<\/a>] (GDC, 2010)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1FMnRp1dkrB5_NGS84rCfFA6JJLn0y-nzzCf_FGrREFo\/edit?usp=sharing\">Strategy Games!<\/a>\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/83682678\">video<\/a>]\u00a0(PRACTICE, 2013)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1Uvt--rtLY2lcPGh3NUpOfJNVevr3G4G26p_HRsEM4h4\/edit?usp=sharing\">A Study in Transparency: How Board Games Matter<\/a>\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5xWNfVhVTJU\">video<\/a>]\u00a0(GDC, 2014)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1hGbJJUD6pZ3ZeW9juoxXOji4Anil0Pdrd0qgv4_2kew\/edit?usp=sharing\">Offworld Trading Company: An RTS Without Guns<\/a>\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o2C4z_apu2I\">video<\/a>] (GDC, 2017)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1qqGK5vR8ExUpjNBjWl3kyjWJshvmxVmrhbu11wMF5hk\/edit?usp=sharing\">Know Your Inheritance<\/a> [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gdcvault.com\/browse\/gdc-18\/play\/1024996\/Rules-of-the-Game-Five\">video<\/a>] (GDC, 2018)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1wtoVLpi3HHQgkNHZWqOObeMK_n5JNdWiP4BnHZ1zqpg\/edit?usp=sharing\">My Elephant in the Room: An\u00a0<em>Old World<\/em> Design Postmortem<\/a> [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VXH9_d_pDa4\">video<\/a>] (GDC, 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1iFyTawnaMk6MryGAVYsTW-IREyzpOAM036nIEy1Q2ko\/edit?usp=sharing\">You Have No Idea How Hard It Is To Run A Sweatshop<\/a> [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YsCigLYxNYs\">video<\/a>] (GDC, 2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slides Don&#8217;t Blow It: Successful Franchises\u00a0[video] (GDC, 2004) Play Early, Play Often: Prototyping Civ 4\u00a0[video] (GDC, 2006) A Work in Progress (AIIDE, 2007) Playing to Lose: AI and Civilization\u00a0[video] (GDC, 2008) Can Games Matter? 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