Blogs about Video games

Out of the blue, a second Legend of Kay game was released for the Nintendo DS in 2010. It was handled by Firehazard Studio, a German developer that only worked on a handful of DS …

Ben Collins-Sussman: I’ve been a manager for decades, with my own strengths and weaknesses. A couple of years ago one of my reports asked me candidly: I hate meetings, but for some reason, I love …

I found a TV on the street. Face down. Cord cut. Bending knees, I squatted down and embraced it in my arms. I took it home. Washed it. Carefully removed its shell, avoiding the lethal …

For June and July of 2024 the Shibuya Pixel Art Contest has been running, a welcome return after it not happening in 2023. Entries are open all over the world, but can only be submitted …

Je suis heureux de vous annoncer que Monte-Cristo, ma trilogie de bande dessinée qui transpose le classique d'Alexandre Dumas dans l'Amérique de l'après 11 septembre avec de splendides illustrations de Mario Alberti, paraîtra en anglais …

From its dramatic pilot’s-eye view of that first takeoff to explosive end, Devil Blade Reboot is a thrilling shmup. Every stage is bookended by generous quantities of lens flare and cinematic ship rolls as lunar …

This isn't the first Card Captor Sakura game I've covered, and it definitely won't be the last. One interesting quality it has, though, is the amount of unique graphics it uses for each stage. I …

Improvements are made to graphics, the Lua API, and the user interface. We present the winners of the 2023 Game Jam along with other cool mods. A new core developer joins the team, and we …

“In time, those Unconscionable Maps no longer satisfied, and the Cartographers Guilds struck a Map of the Empire whose size was that of the Empire, and which coincided point for point with it. The following …

The latest MX vs ATV Legends Update v3.07 has been released, in part to prepare for the release of the Element Pack DLC, which launches on July 30th, 2024. That pack will add fully customisable …

“Educational” games were all over the road in the late 80s and early 90s. Sometimes they’d just be a cartoon rabbit trying to get you to do math problems, and sometimes they’d have you driving …

What features do you think make good selling points for games? An immersive world and interesting character development? Challenging obstacles and boss fights? Or what about how big the file size is to download? Because …

The Golden Rule of Game Promotion: No One Cares About Your Game (YouTube) Thomas Reisenegger gives a fascinating and actionable overview of how to think about marketing indie games. Some principles are timeless; others are …

Just a brief update here -- I recently had the honor of participating in Rock Paper Shotgun's "what's on your bookshelf" interview series.It's one of my favorite gaming journalism things happening at the moment, full …

The third post in the series on the game pillars for Stars Reach is up. This one is all about the vibe of the world, and the thematic goals for the game… and how those …

(Continued from my previous post, please read that one first.) I got through a major bottleneck — the ice river — and the game more than doubled in size. I also know, sort of, what …

Dead Rising is getting a “Deluxe Remaster”, set to launch on modern consoles at some point this year. More information about the game – including, presumably, some clarity on what a “Deluxe Remaster” actually is …

In 1989, Konami released an arcade game based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. Everything about it was tailored to the source material. In the cartoon, there are four ninja turtles, who usually fight …