CIRCA:Master of Play - Nick Paumgarten
From CIRCA
Master of Play - The New Yorker – December 2010
Paumgarten, N. (2010, December 20). Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo’s man behind Mario : The New Yorker. The New Torker. Retrieved January 24, 2011, from http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/12/20/101220fa_fact_paumgarten
- Tells the story Nintendo, focusing on Shigeru Miyamoto but also covering Gunpei Yokoi and others
- Talks about the elements of Nintendo games that led to success
- Serves as an excellent intro to game design, covering narratology and ludology
- Written by a non-gamer for non-gamers