by Alex Cicala | Sep 23, 2016 | Blog, Game Design
When the Nintendo Wii was released, I made a departure from console gaming and moved to mostly gaming on the PC. Although I acquired the console for free, for quite a few months I didn’t really have any interest in buying any games for it and was stuck with...
by Jennifer Mendez | Sep 22, 2016 | Blog, Game Development
Keeping yourself sane during game development is a big deal, right? It’s something you’d hope you can accomplish. Between the brutal deadlines and hours, the amount of effort that it takes to kick start a career, etc. it can seem like the odds are stacked...
by Jennifer Mendez | Sep 21, 2016 | Blog
So, you spend an average of 2+ years working on a game and it’s finally ready to launch. It would be fantastic, if only this other game wasn’t hogging up the spotlight. Believe it or not, it happens. Consider Overwatch and Battleborn. All people could do was compare...
by Jennifer Mendez | Sep 20, 2016 | Blog
Overview In the gaming industry, everything is driven by the design, even the story. There are very few instances where the story drove designers to make the choices they did. Despite this fact of life, writers still play an important role in the industry,...
by Jennifer Mendez | Sep 19, 2016 | Blog, Game Design, Writing
I’ll be honest: being a game writer is probably not what you think it is. Most game writers start out expecting one thing and realize that what game writers do for a living isn’t exactly what they expected. Perhaps you think game writing is for the avid...
