From Rockband to Monsters and Why These Devs are Happier for It

Bryn Bennett and Steven Kimura started working in the videogame industry around 1998 and have a history with notable companies (Irrational, Harmonix) and big games (Bioshock, Rockband). Now, more than 10 years later they’ve struck out on their own as

Less is more: Fez's subtractive design influenced by Ico

Fez, the game we’re not completely convinced will actually Ever Exist, was heavily influenced by Fumito Ueda’s “Design by Subtraction” paradigm; the same design which has vaulted both Ico and Shadow of the Collossus to fame.  Phil Fish of Polytron

Mass Effect 3, By The Numbers

In light of recent discussion regarding metrics fetishism, I’ve tried to parse Destructoid’s newly revealed Mass Effect 2 statistics with some perspective. We all know these numbers aren’t just random trivia: they will be part of the basis for changes

Mercenaries should all wear Ponytails

I hope Tom forgives me for pushing this Just Gamers post down, but I couldn’t resist commenting about something I’ve noticed in Metroid: Other M. Initially, I wanted to save the comment for some future review, but frankly, who knows

Multiplicity and Identity Mitigation in Video Games

Where before we traditionally thought of identity as a monolithic construct, modernity demands recognition of multiplicity and fragmented identities. Okay, that’s a mouthful, what the heck am I saying? Well, think about how people with multiple identities are more likely

Brief Thoughts on Hardware Design

I travel around a lot. And by ‘a lot’ I mean a few times a year, it just that I happen to hate air travel. I probably make everything worse on myself by refusing to put any of my electronics