Young people don't do crosswords anymore?
Sitting in a bar one evening, after the college exhibition, discussing with a colleague and friend the idea of setting up a chess club at college as an additional activity. This was triggered from the basis of the new course at the college in games design, leads me to believe that the initial reaction would inspire interest on the notion that it is revolved around computer based game design, and not the more compelling notion, for example, of redesigning the concept of chess. Could that game be made any better. A little discussion brought about the memory of the 3d chess board seen in the Star Trek films, but on the whole there has not been any improvement on that classic game structure for over the past five hundred years. It does draw into consideration, in this debate, what occurs in the minds of designs when such things come about. The motivation for chess was in fact a method to strategies war for generals in combat situations. Understanding the tactics and values of certain div...