Six Cool Indie Games You Need to Play (Or At Least Be Aware Of)
If you want to make video games, you need to be playing video games. But while the latest and greatest AAA console games are a great place to start, they…
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November 22, 2019 | Industry Trends
November 8, 2019 | Industry Trends
Google Stadia: Is This the Future of Gaming?
At this year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC), internet behemoth Google announced their bid into the streaming gaming market: the Google Stadia. The Stadia (plural for “Stadium”) is a console-less, cloud-based,…
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October 18, 2019 | Industry Trends
6 Awesome Game Designers You Should Know
Most gamers have heard of Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Super Mario and the Legend of Zelda series, or they might know of Hideo Kojima, the creator of the Metal…
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March 29, 2019 | Industry Trends
The Top 10 Legend of Zelda Games
It’s hard to imagine video games without The Legend of Zelda. Time and time again, Nintendo uses this iconic series to try and set the action-adventure bar higher than before….
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March 22, 2019 | Industry Trends
Bandersnatch: Are You Ready for Interactive Storytelling? Press ‘Left’ for YES
This December, Netflix anthology series Black Mirror released their first “interactive narrative” episode, entitled Bandersnatch. The critical response was explosive, with some reviewers calling it “groundbreaking” and that the episode…
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March 15, 2019 | Industry Trends
9 Great Games From the Last 12 Months
January and February tend to be a quiet time for game releases, especially following the pre-Holiday season in the Fall. While there’s plenty of new video games coming down the…
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January 11, 2019 | Industry Trends
Insomniac’s Spider-Man and Why AAA Games Still Matter
Last September, Sony released Spider-Man, the 35th video game based on the popular Marvel comic book superhero. The game, developed by Insomniac Games (Ratchet and Clank, Spyro the Dragon), retailed…
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January 4, 2019 | Industry Trends
The Architecture of Fear: Level Design Lessons from Haunted Houses
Los Angeles celebrates Halloween better than any other city on Earth. Maybe it’s because so many Hollywood special effects artists live here, or because there are so many theme park…
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January 4, 2019 | Industry Trends
5 Trends in Game Design to Watch Out for in 2019
The video game industry can be a tricky beast to predict. Who could have expected a little sandbox game called Minecraft to dominate pop culture, or for the Nintendo Switch…
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