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This Too Shall Push – A History of Starting
Last May, Luke Plunkett over at Kotaku had this to say regarding the “forgotten art” of title screens: Featuring big artwork and even bigger titles, it had to capture everything the game stood for. Everything it was about. Everything it
This Too Shall Push – A History of Starting
Last May, Luke Plunkett over at Kotaku had this to say regarding the “forgotten art” of title screens: Featuring big artwork and even bigger titles, it had to capture everything the game stood for. Everything it was about. Everything it
Dreaming in Pixels: On 'Level Up', The Comic by Gene Luen Yang
To provide that boy with the life he has, I’ve had to eat much bitterness. He must learn to do the same. How will a video game teach him to eat bitterness? Meet Dennis Ouyang’s parents. If you’re a first
Dreaming in Pixels: On 'Level Up', The Comic by Gene Luen Yang
To provide that boy with the life he has, I’ve had to eat much bitterness. He must learn to do the same. How will a video game teach him to eat bitterness? Meet Dennis Ouyang’s parents. If you’re a first
Terraria 1.0.4 patch is live!
As a Terraria junkie I feel it is my duty to keep you all informed, and I apologize for not reporting on the 1.0.3 patch when it hit. This latest update brings many new additions to the game, fixes the
Terraria 1.0.4 patch is live!
As a Terraria junkie I feel it is my duty to keep you all informed, and I apologize for not reporting on the 1.0.3 patch when it hit. This latest update brings many new additions to the game, fixes the
Visible Puppeteers
Breaking the immersion is a popular criticism in games these days. Perhaps not with those exact words, but anything that pulls a player out of the world within the game for any reason, be it a bug or an imperfect
Visible Puppeteers
Breaking the immersion is a popular criticism in games these days. Perhaps not with those exact words, but anything that pulls a player out of the world within the game for any reason, be it a bug or an imperfect
Have A Fantasy? You Might Help Polymorphous Perversity
Polymorphous Perversity is the upcoming controversial RPG currently in development by Nicolau Chaud. Progress on development is going slowly but surely, by the looks of it. One may note that the development blog has a curious page titled “Bathroom Wall.”
Have A Fantasy? You Might Help Polymorphous Perversity
Polymorphous Perversity is the upcoming controversial RPG currently in development by Nicolau Chaud. Progress on development is going slowly but surely, by the looks of it. One may note that the development blog has a curious page titled “Bathroom Wall.”
Playing to Pay: PLEX in EVE Online
Don’t you wish that you could pay for an MMO with in game currency? Player A says I’m an epic level elf cleric, I’m leader of the top guild on my server, and if I want it to stay that
Playing to Pay: PLEX in EVE Online
Don’t you wish that you could pay for an MMO with in game currency? Player A says I’m an epic level elf cleric, I’m leader of the top guild on my server, and if I want it to stay that
JE Sawyer Comments on Writing Characters From Marginalized Groups
JE Sawyer, lead gameplay designer and project director of Fallout New Vegas, recently commented on his personal blog regarding how to write characters hailing from marginalized groups in video games. In this post, he notes four major points: “Represent marginalized
JE Sawyer Comments on Writing Characters From Marginalized Groups
JE Sawyer, lead gameplay designer and project director of Fallout New Vegas, recently commented on his personal blog regarding how to write characters hailing from marginalized groups in video games. In this post, he notes four major points: “Represent marginalized
Roundup of Unusual Size: A movie tie-in ARG that helps science, and a few belabored Biblical metaphors
Nightmare Mode is republishing Dire Critic’s ‘Roundup of Unusual Size’, a collection of links put together by site friend, Kris Ligman. It’s like Critical Distance, except we post on the six days of the week that Ben Abraham doesn’t, and
Roundup of Unusual Size: A movie tie-in ARG that helps science, and a few belabored Biblical metaphors
Nightmare Mode is republishing Dire Critic’s ‘Roundup of Unusual Size’, a collection of links put together by site friend, Kris Ligman. It’s like Critical Distance, except we post on the six days of the week that Ben Abraham doesn’t, and
Roundup of Unusual Size: Tropebusting, Fan Portals and the Seven Pillars of Game Design (Now with more Nightmare Mode!)
Preface: starting today, Nightmare Mode will be republishing Dire Critic’s ‘Roundup of Unusual Size’, a collection of links put together by Nightmare Mode’s friend, Kris Ligman. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do, and, if you’re curious
Roundup of Unusual Size: Tropebusting, Fan Portals and the Seven Pillars of Game Design (Now with more Nightmare Mode!)
Preface: starting today, Nightmare Mode will be republishing Dire Critic’s ‘Roundup of Unusual Size’, a collection of links put together by Nightmare Mode’s friend, Kris Ligman. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do, and, if you’re curious
On Air Pressure
This writeup assumes that you have played the game, which can be found over at Raitendo, here (click on past the jump to see the link). I highly suggest you do so prior to reading this, as it only takes
On Air Pressure
This writeup assumes that you have played the game, which can be found over at Raitendo, here (click on past the jump to see the link). I highly suggest you do so prior to reading this, as it only takes