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The Impact of Guacamelee's Ending The Impact of Guacamelee's Ending

I examine what makes Guacamelee's so impactful, and why I think the alternative ending lessens its meaning.

byStanislav Costiuc, Blogger

Dec 1, 2016

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Are Choices in Games Overrated?Are Choices in Games Overrated?

Dec 1, 2016

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Yu Suzuki: Good games are made with 'jagged edges, and a strong sense of originality'Yu Suzuki: Good games are made with 'jagged edges, and a strong sense of originality'

Dec 1, 2016

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Obituary: Author and game designer Joe Dever Obituary: Author and game designer Joe Dever

byAlissa McAloon

Dec 1, 2016

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The Role of the Ear-Lopper The Role of the Ear-Lopper

byStieg Hedlund

Nov 30, 2016

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Virtually Horrified: A Comparison of the Effects of Horror in Games Versus Film Virtually Horrified: A Comparison of the Effects of Horror in Games Versus Film

byEva Wierzbicki

Nov 30, 2016

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Maximizing Gameplay by Satisficing

Maximizing Gameplay by Satisficing

byMark Gauderman, Blogger

The NFL as Transmedia-- the Merits (and Faults) of Fantasy Football

The NFL as Transmedia-- the Merits (and Faults) of Fantasy Football

byGabriel Munoz Espino, Blogger

Devising the VR gaze controls of Eagle Flight

Devising the VR gaze controls of Eagle Flight

byJoel Couture, Contributor

You can now pore through Double Fine's Headlander casting doc

You can now pore through Double Fine's Headlander casting doc

byAlex Wawro, Contributor

Chat with us about how Obsidian's Tyranny builds on CRPG design at 3PM EST

Chat with us about how Obsidian's Tyranny builds on CRPG design at 3PM EST

byBryant Francis, Senior Editor

Why the moral structure of Tyranny makes it an interesting RPG

Why the moral structure of Tyranny makes it an interesting RPG

byBryant Francis, Senior Editor

_ League of Legends_ shouldn't prioritize pros over casual players, says Riot dev

_ League of Legends_ shouldn't prioritize pros over casual players, says Riot dev

byAlissa McAloon, Publisher

Are Linear Games Still "Good" Games?

Are Linear Games Still "Good" Games?

byCorvyn Kusuma, Blogger

Uncharted: the Curse of Archetypes in Video Game Storytelling

Uncharted: the Curse of Archetypes in Video Game Storytelling

byYuvan Wickramasinghe, Blogger

Meditation and game design meet in this GDC 2017 talk on trance states

Meditation and game design meet in this GDC 2017 talk on trance states

Get a job: Disruptor Beam is hiring a UI/UX Designer 3

Get a job: Disruptor Beam is hiring a UI/UX Designer 3

Why player empowerment is at the core of Dishonored 2

Why player empowerment is at the core of Dishonored 2

byChris Kerr, News Editor

6 ways that the Final Fantasy franchise continues to influence devs

6 ways that the Final Fantasy franchise continues to influence devs

byGame Developer, Staff

Best Free Game Making Tools

Best Free Game Making Tools

byJessica Gust, Blogger

Honey Rose post-mortem, and the rules of engagement

Honey Rose post-mortem, and the rules of engagement

byPierre Sylvain Coq, Blogger

Disastr_Blastr Post-Postmortem

Disastr_Blastr Post-Postmortem

byJoel Christiansen, Blogger

How Many Mechanics Should a Game Have?

How Many Mechanics Should a Game Have?

byBobby Lockhart, Blogger

How and why we designed a game for sexually abused children

How and why we designed a game for sexually abused children

byMenno Deen, Blogger

Animal Crossing and its Nonviolent Incentives

Animal Crossing and its Nonviolent Incentives

byDalton Chancellor, Blogger

Death of Repetition, Repetition

Death of Repetition, Repetition

byKeanu Concepcion, Blogger

Revisiting Cibele: Playing with the connections we create through tech

Revisiting Cibele: Playing with the connections we create through tech

byJoel Couture, Contributor

How Thumper got its turns on track

How Thumper got its turns on track

byAlex Wawro, Contributor

The idea for Titanfall 2's most iconic level predates the series itself

The idea for Titanfall 2's most iconic level predates the series itself

byAlissa McAloon, Publisher

How do you plan for extraordinary moments in procedural design?

How do you plan for extraordinary moments in procedural design?

byBryant Francis, Senior Editor

Deep Space Exploration: Generating Design Challenges

Deep Space Exploration: Generating Design Challenges

byMichael Cook, Blogger

Q&A: Ocelot Society on building Event[0] around an AI chatbot

Q&A: Ocelot Society on building Event[0] around an AI chatbot

byThomas Faust, Blogger

Creative process of a procedural spell crafting system

Creative process of a procedural spell crafting system

byPatric Mondou, Blogger

Generating the world of Sunless Skies

Generating the world of Sunless Skies

byLiam Welton, Blogger

“This is just HTML5/JS, are you kidding me?”

“This is just HTML5/JS, are you kidding me?”

byWolfgang Lueger, Blogger

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