Through Netscape’s usually abominable news aggregator, I stumbled across this article: Seven Creative Tips for Amateur Video Game Makers.

Though it’s targeted at amateur designers, there’s a lot of solid advice that could be applied to professionals as well. Most notably: design on paper, continually reward players for playing, and broaden your horizons beyond video games to come up with really interesting ideas.

There are other good articles on the site as well. Most are game related, but then there’s also one about how to spot abusive men. I’m not sure how the two topics are related, but I suppose it’s good advice all the same. The cycle of abuse ends with you.