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Phantom inspiration and the ethical auteur with Xalavier Nelson Jr.

On the latest episode of the Game Developer podcast, we had a far-ranging chat with Strange Scaffold creative director Xalavier Nelson Jr. Nelson's outfit...

Leadership lessons from Mark Darrah’s days at BioWare

Why would a former video game executive producer like Mark Darrah start a YouTube channel?If he played to his demons, he could use it...

Roblox will soon use age checks to limit conversations

Wildly popular UGC platform Roblox is in the process of rolling out age-based chat restrictions that will limit communications between minors and adults. Roblox owner...

Becoming One with Nature Takes Time and a Lot of Yoga says Pauline Jacobs

The increase in overall pollution that the planet has seen during the past few years has impacted the planet in such a way that...

Chat with the developers of Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden at 10AM ET

As 2018 starts to wind down, talented game developers like the folks at The Bearded Ladies are still shipping unique and interesting games. In...

Google’s AR stickers are now Playground, exclusive to the Pixel 3

Google has rebranded its augmented reality stickers today, officially changing to Playground as announced during the Pixel 3 event held in New York City. AR stickers...

Witch-craft: How Dicey Dungeons balances chance and predictability

From Megacrit’s Slay the Spire to Peter Whalen’s Dream Quest, deck-building has introduced a new layer of strategic compulsion to the dungeon crawler. As Slay...

7 great stealth encounters in games that are worth studying

There's an art to acting imperceptibly to those around you — to being surreptitious, or at least hidden from view. Especially in games, where...

How Six Ages builds a game around the power of myth

For a medium that revels in depicting heroes performing heroic tasks, games really aren’t so hot on depicting myths.Sure, the subtle shading of mythology...

RPG design and writing veteran Chris Avellone working on Dying Light 2

Chris Avellone, veteran RPG writer and designer known for his work on Fallout 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Prey (2017) and many other games, is...

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