Miyamoto suggested at his keynote speech at the Game Developers Conference yesterday that game reviewers should also include a rating for how fun the game is for a non-gamer. Many interpreted it as a joke or as a “blunder”, but maybe he was simply misinterpreted? Perhaps he was talking about the passive gamer and the shared gaming experience?

Miyamoto at the Game Developers Conference. Image from Joystiq.

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I’ve been working on a particle system for use in a game-engine for a couple weeks now. It’s a school assignment for a course named “Advanced Graphics and Interaction”. I built this from scratch using C++ and OpenGL (GLUT). The system runs in real time and currently doesn’t have any advanced features. I intend to implement collision detection and maybe expand the system to handle string/thread/cloth physics aswell.

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