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Where Did You Go?

The shopping mall scene in Heavy Rain fails, for a simple reason: it’s no fun, argues Chris Dahlen.
March 17, 2010
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3D-ing Is Believing

N'Gai Croal opens Pandora's box and thinks that the depths of 3D really do have something special to bring to videogames.
March 15, 2010
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Words Are Cheap

Chris Dahlen meets the director of interactive fiction documentary Get Lamp and remembers how rich a world that only costs the time it takes to write it can be.
March 10, 2010
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I Like Guns

To shoot or not to shoot? Chris Dahlen struggles with the big Big Buck Hunter Pro question.
March 03, 2010
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Journal Of Working On A Videogame

The diary of Randy Smith: Spider co-developer, conference agitator and recipient of special commendation from Apple.
March 02, 2010
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You Can Keep The Popcorn

With the industry obsessed with making cinematic experiences, Chris Dahlen suggests a different frame of reference: music.
February 24, 2010
Steven Poole's picture

Teenage Kicks

Game makers' adolescent imaginations are making videogames a cultural backwater, says Steven Poole.
February 22, 2010
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Who Wants To Be A Big Daddy?

BioShock 2 explores the bond between father and child, and Chris Dahlen agrees with the result: it all comes down to chemicals.
February 18, 2010
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"I could easy be a games designer."

"Really?" asks Hello Games' Sean Murray as he describes the complexities of Joe Danger, a game that reinvents the wheel.
February 16, 2010
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In The Dungeon: Part Four

The final part of ex-Halo producer and Shadegrown Games founder Matthew Burns' account of his days as a game tester.
February 11, 2010
Chris Dahlen's picture

The Loser Mechanic

No More Heroes 2 has ditched what made the first game so special - making you feel like a total loser, argues Chris Dahlen.
February 10, 2010
Matthew Burns's picture

In The Dungeon: Part Three

Part three of Shadegrown Games founder Matthew Burns' experiences as a lowly game tester, working in the bowels of his publisher's building.
February 09, 2010
NGai Croal's picture

Memory Lane

N'Gai Croal remembers the highlights of his first decade in gaming.
February 08, 2010
Matthew Burns's picture

In The Dungeon: Part Two

Part two of Shadegrown Games founder Matthew Burns' experiences as a game tester, in which he charts the delicate politics of the QA department.
February 08, 2010
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In The Dungeon: Part One

Ex-Halo producer and Shadegrown Games founder Matthew Burns recalls his experiences as a game tester, his first job in the industry.
February 04, 2010
Chris Dahlen's picture

We Are Family

Mass Effect 2 isn’t a fight for the fate of humanity: it’s a game about meddling in a bunch of strangers’ family problems, argues Chris Dahlen.
February 04, 2010
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Launching Chime

Zoë Mode creative director Ste Curran on launching Chime, the first release in OneBigGame's charity initiative.
February 03, 2010
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Size Matters

Hello Games’ Ryan Doyle on the trials and joys of moving from a team of 200 to one of just four.
February 01, 2010
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Talking With Computers: Part Two

Façade. Galatea. The Sims. Ultima. Civilization. Quantic Dream. BioWare. Bethesda. Randy Smith charts the fertile middle ground of interactive dialogue.
February 01, 2010
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She Is Beyond Good And Evil

Mass Effect 2’s Commander Shepard has no morals, poor eyesight and a bad attitude – because that’s how Chris Dahlen likes to play her.
January 27, 2010
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