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[D3] Episode 11

Posted on November 5, 2007March 5, 2011 by Dodger

I instructed the cabbie to leave as much space as he could between us and the other cab. I still wasn’t sure if I’d been made, I didn’t want to give the guy I was following any reason to be suspicious. After a few minutes I began to relax a little. The cab ahead of…

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[D3] Episode 10

Posted on October 25, 2007March 5, 2011 by Dodger

I definitely knew this man, but I couldn’t remember how. I needed to know for sure. Peeking through the open door, I saw the man’s back as he retreated down the long and twisting hospital hallways. I immediately took up pursuit.

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[D3] Episode 9

Posted on October 15, 2007March 5, 2011 by Dodger

I still didn’t entirely trust the hospital — those thugs who shot Jason up might be watching the emergency rooms. I decided to go with Jason to make sure he was safe. It wasn’t too hard to make my excuses to my police officer contact, and so in short order I found myself in the…

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[D3] Episode 8

Posted on October 10, 2007May 22, 2019 by Dodger

In our current conditions, we weren’t going to be much use if we went after the man who called himself the Spider. My head felt like a size-twelve foot in a size-three boot, and it only took one look at Jason to seal it. We had to stick together. I said as much to Jason…

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[D3] Episode 7

Posted on October 1, 2007March 5, 2011 by Dodger

Conflicting desires warred in my brain. On the one hand, my friend’s life hung in the balance. On the other hand, an innocent’s life did the same. Jason had told me point blank that he was questioning his own sanity, so why couldn’t I bring myself to do the same? My options were limited, but…

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Stealing Game Design… Properly (Part 1)

Posted on September 26, 2007November 16, 2013 by Dodger

Note from Mike in 2012: I wrote this article and its companion more than 4 years ago. In that time, my game design philosophy has evolved and changed quite a bit. While I think there are still good nuggets to pull out of these articles, I just want to say that they’re no longer as…

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[D3] Episode 6

Posted on September 24, 2007March 5, 2011 by Dodger

For a moment the world seemed to stand still. Fragments of glass froze in the air, refracting the dim office lighting out in all directions. I had the sudden irrational thought that, if I wanted to, I could reach out and pluck one from the air. It was all too much… too surreal. It wasn’t…

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[D3] Episode 5

Posted on September 17, 2007March 5, 2011 by Dodger

“Why’d you call me here, Jason? What’s going on?” I had been wanting to ask the question since I arrived, but one thing or another had kept preventing me from doing so. Now that I had my chance, I was eager to hear what it was that had pulled me from my bed… Eager to…

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[D3] Episode 4

Posted on September 10, 2007March 5, 2011 by Dodger

My mind felt like a drunken hobo getting off a Tilt-a-Whirl, though with less vomiting and more spinning. The shit had come down, and come down hard — the ride had jumped the tracks. I carefully weighed my options, and given that the situation had so quickly escalated out of control, I decided to see…

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[D3] – Episode 3

Posted on September 4, 2007March 5, 2011 by Dodger

Following Jason’s lead, I reached into my coat, pulled out my Glock, and aimed it at the intruder, who slowly and deliberately raised his hands in the air. For a tense few moments, it was like a mime’s deathbed — quiet, awkward, and nobody seemed to know just what to say. The silence was finally…

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