Designer Notes
Idle Thumbs
Why do we make games? Every designer has a different and very personal answer to that question. Soren Johnson, founder of Mohawk Games, sits down with noted designers to find out by examining their careers as a whole.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Designer Notes podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Left for Dead
Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
Eric J. Dolan
#2 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Dominion
The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy
Matthew Scully
#3 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The world in flames
Marilyn Shevin-Coetzee
Frans Coetzee
#4 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Mandeville's Travels
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John Mandeville
#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Glass Bead Game
Richard Winston
Herman Hesse
Clara Winston
Theodore Ziolkowski
#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Marvel VS Capcom
Capcom
#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Playing to Win
How Strategy Really Works
Roger Martin
A.G. Lafley
#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
StarCraft
Keith R. A. DeCandido
Fernando Heinz Furukawa
#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Prismata
Bernhard Hanssler
Dieter Grimm
#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Magic
The Life of Earvin 'Magic' Johnson
Roland Lazenby
#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
SPQR
A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard
