Thought I’d give a quick shout-out to Wyatt Cheng’s blog over at Planet Cerulean. Lots of good design thought there, with charts! He even has an analysis of the game mechanics behind the horrible Fox reality show ‘The Will’, which he claims are far superior to standard ‘voting off the island’ mechanics that most reality shows have. His best article that I saw at a glance says that the best games focus on five seconds of gameplay (contrast with experience-driven design). Thought-provoking stuff.

I’d also point out that Dave “Mahrin Skel” Rickey claims to be active again, after his fruitless attempts to get a life. I kid!