📖 THE GAME NARRATIVE KALEIDOSCOPE ❄️ is out NOW!
www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope
100+ essays on writing & narrative design, with articles from the writers of Baldur's Gate 3, Control, Call of Duty, Prince of Persia, Tomb Raider, Sam and Max...
ALSO the Kaleidoscope Podcast with 2 full eps!
"Why isn't Xbox issuing a takedown notice??"
They don't want to! They profit off of this!!
When you buy Xbox games, when you promote them uncritically, this is what you are helping fund.
Japan’s game industry may not be seeing mass layoffs, but reductions are happening “beneath the surface,” devs say
automaton-media.com/en/news/japa...
Marathon
To echo everyone else's thoughts, I too wish Marathon was a singleplayer video game
aftermath.site/bungie-maratho...
Anyway all of this is endemic of the mode through which we monetize video game development. It's shifted to offloading risk from the wealthy publisher that can afford it (tencent) to the poorer developer that cannot (wildlight)
we don't have to make games like that
aftermath.site/indie-game-p...
it's time for the one review I do a year! I LOVE POKOPIA
Miyamoto: When pornography escalates, it eventually crosses into the grotesque. I think the world of "hidden secrets" in games has almost reached that same grotesque level. It's reached a point where it isn't measured by common sense anymore. It's just people getting bored and looking for stronger and stronger stimulation. We've hit a wall. When you're at the point where you have no choice but to go "grotesque," you have to start thinking of new ways to use the medium.
I BETTER SEE THIS SHIGERU MIYAMOTO QUOTE ALONGSIDE HIS OTHER FAMOUS ONES
Matched up 8, hell yeah.
Aurora, Khruangbin, Raye, Olivia Dean, Ezra Collective, Billie Eilish, Hayley Williams/Paramore and Chappel Roan.
I played the world's first Tetris built into the cover of a magazine.
Paper and glue. Flexible circuits. USB-C recharging!
This game has the best publisher
store.steampowered.com/app/3639060/...
Dee dee on the bus to Silent Hill. Theres a nurse in the back
Edited Silent Hill 2 screenshot. A faded letter rests against a black screen. In front, blue text reads, "She's turned the weans against us."
Young gamers in Japan may not be forming the same attachment to Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest because modern dev cycles are as long as their childhood, users theorize
automaton-media.com/en/news/youn...
another important part is Suda pays tribute to Tatsushi Fujita, who was an environment artist for Grasshopper as far back as killer7. It's super awesome for Suda to pay tribute not just in this message but for the release of Romeo and the new game. It reminds everyone that games are made by humans.
My indie Game DropShot dosnt have:
- Battle pass
- MicroTransactions
- always online features
- Paywalled Outfits
- A CEO who will fire all the Devs after the game launches
I know some gamers only support those kinda games, but DropShot dosnt offer any of that.
🎸Dead Pets: A Punk Rock Slice of Life Sim is releasing February 6th! 🎸
Dead Pets will FINALLY be on top of the world! 🤘
Well, after we make a bit of money first... and I get Vel, Jay, and Brian to ACTUALLY show up for practice… 😅
Wanna help?
Damn, Catherine O'Hara.
If you've never seen SCTV (because it's not streaming anywhere and last had a DVD release in 2004/05)...
S1: archive.org/details/sctv...
S2: archive.org/details/sctv...
S3: archive.org/details/19-m...
S4 + 5: archive.org/details/66-s...
S6: archive.org/details/sctv...
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
That’s me in the Glengarry representing, I’m so glad I had a lil nap before we started this.
Thanks to Reb for hosting and also writing about the experience for everyone to attempt it.
Makes me hope that next AC has better online implementation and more things to do as a group as well.
Please enjoy the story of trying to get 12 people on an Animal Crossing island together. It was very very fun and my friends are very very cool and I absolutely will never do this again.
www.ign.com/articles/12-...
Call me old-fashioned, but I think it’s incredibly crass to demand certain (controversial) story beats from your writing team, fire that writing team, then throw that writing team under the bus for decisions *they didn’t make* while marketing your new thing.
Very crass! Very ick!
Breaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch!
www.ashparrish.com
I’ve been dabbling again, still got a lot to collect so I’m getting back into the flow of it all.
How’s everyone enjoying the new Animal Crossing update? We’re clearly having a blast
*posting on twitter* oh ho, I’ve made a wry observation. Better make sure a bunch of pedophiles see it
Reading this, all you have to remember is that OpenAI itself reports 800,000,000 weekly users, of which apparently 0,15% are having conversations related to self-harm, and OpenAI is aware that its systems can and do fail in preventing further harm. It's just too profitable to stop, I guess.
The IGAs Nomination Committee is officially retracting Debut Game and Game of the Year, awarding both categories to new recipients. Additionally, we are retracting one of the Indie Vanguard recipients.
Full details can be found in our FAQ under Game Eligibility: www.indiegameawards.gg/faq
I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.
