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  My name is Mikael Säker. I am a game designer and writer. If you need an experienced contractor, please contact me.

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  Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis. — Jack Handey

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• Recent Posts

  • The anatomy of a Christmas card
  • What a creative mind can do with Tipp-Ex
  • I honestly want to be a better designer
  • Puzzle gymnastics
  • The launch trailer for Battlefield 3 is out
  • How to create a language in one day
  • Post Battlefield 3
  • The Darkness revisited
  • A freelancing interactionaut
  • Shoot from the hip or do a pre-viz
  • To Keep or not to keep it simple
  • Chore gaming
  • Out of body gaming
  • Persuasive Dr. Kawashima
  • Okami

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• Current books:

  

  • The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature by Steven Pinker

  

  • Designing Disney by John Hench

  

  • Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence by Gerard Jones

  

  • The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security by Kevin D. Mitnick, William L. Simon

  Recent books:

  • Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
  • Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) by Richard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton
  • Blod Eld Död by Jon Jefferson Klingberg, Ika Johannesson
  • Poetics by Aristotle
  • Quests: Design, Theory, and History in Games and Narratives by Jeff Howard

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