{"id":6678,"date":"2018-10-13T19:05:15","date_gmt":"2018-10-13T08:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielprimed.com\/?p=6678"},"modified":"2018-10-14T10:52:32","modified_gmt":"2018-10-14T00:22:32","slug":"balloon-kid-video-analysis-series-and-writing-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielprimed.com\/2018\/10\/balloon-kid-video-analysis-series-and-writing-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Balloon Kid Video Analysis Series and Writing Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\">Don&#8217;t let the seemingly deserted nature of the blog fool you. I&#8217;ve been busily working away behind the scenes and can thankfully share some updates and new material.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Firstly, I recently completed the manuscripts for my forthcoming two books, Adventures in Games Analysis Vol. I and Speed Boost: The Hidden Secrets Behind Arcade Racing Design. Both titles have been sent away for editing and I&#8217;m hoping to be able to release the pair in early 2019. More details will arrive in due course.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Secondly, I&#8217;ve contributed to a few podcasts and video projects over the past few months as part of VG Commune (a sort of video game book club). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vgthought.com\/commune\/podcast\/89\">The first item of which is a podcast on cult classic <em>Killer 7<\/em><\/a>. In the podcast, thinker \/ game developer Adrian Santiago and I discuss the worst parts of Killer 7, such as the janky enemies, shallow bosses, and trivial puzzles. <em>Killer 7<\/em> is an interesting distillation of <em>Resident Evil<\/em> with amazing aesthetic qualities. However, the issues in the game design are immense, to say the least. Our discussion counterbalances <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vgthought.com\/commune\/podcast\/85\">an earlier podcast on the positive aspects of <em>Killer 7<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Adrian also invited me to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i1Dsgy1EoEs\"> talk about <em>The Cave of Atman<\/em> with various members of Design Orientated<\/a>, another games analysis community which I am involved in. The discussion starts off a bit slow as we slowly tease out some pretty fundamental ideas within puzzle game design (e.g. complexity vs. depth).a<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Lastly, I partook in a series of audio recordings on Game Boy platformer <em>Balloon Kid<\/em>, which were subsequently edited to fit a video form. Greg Livingston, who headed up this project, has done an excellent job in distilling the conversation and presenting the comments in an easy-to-understand manner. If you haven&#8217;t played it, <em>Balloon Kid<\/em> captures the best aspects of early Game Boy game design, simple concepts done well and fit to the limitations of the hardware.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Let&#039;s Play Balloon Kid - Intro\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/89dXNhpXeC4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Let&#039;s Play Balloon Kid - Stage 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TGdkCiY4-14?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Let&#039;s Play Balloon Kid - Stage 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XdCQrbyIsAM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Let&#039;s Play Balloon Kid - Stage 4\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ikpLQiUJBQY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Let&#039;s Play Balloon Kid - Stage 5\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qMp6qRjKkhE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Let&#039;s Play Balloon Kid - Stage 6\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tvhjlACzc20?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Let&#039;s Play Balloon Kid - Stage 7\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9nt_3O_dCkw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Let&#039;s Play Balloon Kid - Stage 8\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B7_Uh4Un1hg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Let&#039;s Play Balloon Kid - Conclusion\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HfbbXhDnNSo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Let&#039;s Play Balloon Kid - Balloonless Kid\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CqgHUWLmHcc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Otherwise, Adrian, Greg, and I are currently recording a series of podcasts on <em>The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword<\/em>. This title, with its boundary-pushing game design, has made great fodder for discussion. I look forward to sharing more about this title in the future.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t let the seemingly deserted nature of the blog fool you. I&#8217;ve been busily working away behind the scenes and can thankfully share some updates and new material. Firstly, I recently completed the manuscripts for my forthcoming two books, Adventures in Games Analysis Vol. I and Speed Boost: The Hidden Secrets Behind Arcade Racing Design. 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