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Marvel Fortnite needs the Lego treatment
Marvel Fortnite returns and your favorite super-powered heroes and villains are still shooting at each other with guns like idiots.
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Design for the end-user, not the stakeholder.
Remember who the product is for, and make the best UX decisions for them.

Amazon and Comixology collide with disastrous design results
Digital comic book lovers are in a very justifiable tizzy. Amazon and ComiXology are now one. Actually, let me be more colorful. Amazon ate ComiXology and pooped out a crApp that currently pales compared to the original ComiXology experience. User digital comic book...

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update stole my ideas!
Not really, but totally did. At the height of Animal Crossing: New Horizons' popularity in 2020, I found the product lacking in features. The longevity of the game was in question by fans since you couldn't really interact with all the items within the game. Not to...

How to build a brand and community simultaneously
I am a community manager (for lack of a better term) for a group of parents who love playing Destiny 2. It's called Dadstiny and it's a subgroup of The Dad on Facebook. When I pitched and ultimately created the group, I didn't think three years on I would still be...

The typographic simplicity of Control
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjmZejLUSQE The typographic simplicity of Control: Design Behind The Mask Can we touch on the typographic simplicity of the fantastic game Control? The video game developed by Remedy Entertainment centers around a shadowy government...

Are graphic design degrees worth it?
Let's answer the question, "are graphic design degrees worth it?" I graduated way back in 2004 (I think) with a BA in Graphic Design. Long before that, I operated as a creative services agent. I worked design jobs with public relations firms and design agencies before...

Graphic design vs UX Design – I end the debate right here.
I didn't know there was a debate between Graphic Design vs UX design. When looking for something to write about, Google told me people want to know the difference. Having done both for many years, I believe I've got you covered. It's also quite simple to...
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