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Bug or Feature: Three Strikes, And You’re Out – The problem with “Lives”

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Is it a Bug or a Feature? A question asked more frequently than you might imagine. This section looks at some challenges and pitfalls in game design. A game can be more than the sum of its parts or just as bad as its worst hiccup. Warning: Bug Or Feature contains strictly personal opinions. Your mileage may vary.

It's a feature - not a bug!

It's a feature - not a bug!

Welcome to the first edition of “Bug or Feature?”. Cue the fireworks and big-ass, flaming logo.

Alright, there. Let’s settle down. This is serious business. An evil walks among us. An insidious ne’erdowell, a gameplay “feature”, known only as “Three Strikes and You’re out”.

Shhh.. I see one prowling over there.. Let’s hide and observe.

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