Foddy

Dave Foddy, Northwich, CheshireSince when have rooms had skirting boards and why?

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What's next for Foddy, and what other heavily micromanaged activity is on his plate?

Ars Technica WIRED 2011

Foddy says he can reach the peak in about 20 minutes.

Wired Top Stories Mark Brown 2011

Foddy has used things he's learned through the success of

Wired Top Stories Mark Brown 2011

But unlike most artsy, experimental games with a point to make, Foddy's free Flash games are hilarious, alarmingly addictive and eminently playable.

Ars Technica WIRED 2011

Foddy says he can reach the peak in about 20 minutes.

Ars Technica WIRED 2011

GIRP, on the other hand, maximizes the feeling of embodiment, through Foddy's ingenious metaphor, which turns your keyboard into an impromptu cliff face.

Ars Technica WIRED 2011

"When you play a videogame," Foddy explains to Wired.co.uk, "as long as there is a very short time between your formation of an intention to act and something happening on screen, there's a kind of neurological magic which makes you feel like you are the character, rather than just controlling a little guy on a screen."

Ars Technica WIRED 2011

Foddy has used things he's learned through the success of

Ars Technica WIRED 2011

Bennett Foddy, deputy director of the Institute for Science and Ethics at Oxford University, makes games about embodiment, and the "neurological magic" in gaming which allows us to inhabit the heroes on screen.

Ars Technica WIRED 2011