2012: The Shooter’s Overlooked Apex By Van Dennis • January 4th, 2023 While 2012 didn’t quite have one singular release that set the world on fire or dominated the discourse, it still stands out because of just how many gems it had that’ve aged incredibly well and continue to affect the medium and industry a decade later.
Interlinked Catharsis through Carnage By Phoenix Simms • August 3rd, 2022 Despite DOOM being about ripping and tearing your way through various hellscapes this iconic first-person shooter is (paradoxically) pure escapism and catharsis.
Revving the Engine Mods & Mythology By Melissa King • November 24th, 2021 The Australian Writers’ Guild Award-winning and critically acclaimed The Forgotten City had humble beginnings as a Skyrim mod.
Collision Detection Rethinking Retro Remakes With Tunnel B1 By Ben Sailer • November 5th, 2021 We’re in the middle of a retro shooter renaissance. Why not mine the forgotten past for ideas and inspiration?
Feature Excerpt Expanding Worlds with Video Game Tabletop RPGs By Scott Roepel • April 2nd, 2020 Unlike in roleplaying videogames, for tabletop roleplaying, all you need is an imagination, a good storyteller and a set of dice.
Pets Feature Seven Videogame Chickens, Listed from Least to Most Likely to Kick My Ass By Melissa King • June 7th, 2019 Look at all these chickens.
GDC 2019 Sure Was a GDC By Davis Cox • April 9th, 2019 Another year, another GDC, another marathon of nonstop people, talks, games, drinks, networking, drinks, business cards, and possibly more drinks.
Feature Excerpt Climbing the Virtual Mountain By Rowan Evans • August 23rd, 2018 When rendered in videogames, a mountain becomes more than an obstacle. They’re living sites, where introspection, healing and learning take place.
The Joy of Jank By Ryan Cooper • March 16th, 2018 Jank is the understated secret sauce of game development.
Revving the Engine The Siege and the Sandfox By Stu Horvath • January 26th, 2018 We talk to Olly Bennett of Cardboard Sword about their upcoming 2D stealth game The Siege and the Sandfox.
