Modern Storytelling Gone Wrong: 3 Big Fails
Storytelling is one of those things players don’t have any expectations of until something doesn’t meet their standards. All of a […]
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WoW Legion & Why The Success Is REAL
It’s been a long time coming. It had to happen: the day that Blizzard released something that makes players resubscribe
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Sony Conference Highlights
Guess who had a really bad day today? That’s right: between Sony’s press conference, and Apple’s iPhone 7 announcement, Microsoft
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Why Players Are Getting No Man’s Sky Refunds
No Man’s Sky Or One Man’s Lie? It’s a classic case of overhyped games. Before No Man’s Sky’s release, Sony
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Hollywood Comes Home – 5 Methods to Adapt a Movie into a Game
From Assassin’s Creed to Sly Cooper, there’s a lot to talk about when it comes to new movies being adapted
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3 Things No One Warns You About Development
When speaking to a player—a non-developer—recently I was told, “I don’t understand why anyone would get out of development. Making
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Three More of the Worst Gameplay Mechanics in Popular Games
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Over the years with choices in game development, we learn what works
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Game Jams: What you may not have realized
If you don’t know what a ‘Game Jam’ is, than this article will be a huge eye opener and hopefully
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The Bartle Test: What is it to Developers?
We love classifying ourselves. Thousands of personality quizzes exist on the internet, inviting us to figure out what our preferences
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Rejecting the “New Norm” of Games Industry Toxicity
This post originally appeared on Nathan Meunier’s blog. Check him out! Making games is amazing. Making games is also absolute
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5 Reasons Players Love Sandbox Games
More developers should be making sandbox games. Yes, that is a very forward statement, but it is also quite beneficial.
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No Man's Leak: The Polarizing Effects of Game Leaks
With the recent No Man’s Sky leak, the gaming community has been torn asunder. Is it moral for a fan/player to
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Five Females in Development That'll Inspire You
Overview The tale is as old as the gaming industry itself, and is completely overplayed: the lack of respectable female
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Game Development: Branching Out Equals Success
Getting into the gaming industry is hard work. QA, starting from the ground up, furthering your education and building a
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Why Your Timed Mission is Bad (And You Should Feel Bad)
Back when video games were just getting truly started, there was only one way for the average person to play
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Learning from the great Super Mario, Part 2: Implementing and Testing Skills
Last week in Part 1 we learned about the using simple mechanics and about various level design concepts from the
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Learning from the great Super Mario! Part 1: Mechanics and Level Design.
After more than a dozen titles from the Super Mario franchise, it is clear that Nintendo has perfected their formula. There
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Questions and the Game Design Process.
How many of you aspiring game developers hate creating characters, either playable or not? I myself was guilty of jotting
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Burn Out: How to Relight the Passion For Gaming As A Developer
I Was Just Three Dev Cycles From Retirement! It’s easy to blame it on age and the act of growing
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Pokémon GO: 5 Reasons It's Causing A Stir
It’s a strong possibility that you might be tired of hearing about Pokémon GO. It’s pretty much everywhere. You go