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Shadow of the Colossus Dev’s Next Game Will Be Another Remake

The developer of the recent Shadow of the Colossus remaster, Bluepoint Games, has revealed what is next for the studio. In an interview with Digital Foundry, Bluepoint said its next project will…

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GAMEOLOGY: Reviewing Attila’s Game Ideas

Posted on February 12, 2018February 12, 2018
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byMathew Falvai

GAMEOLOGY is a series where indie game developer Attila and game player/writer Mat discuss various topics related to making and playing games. The Make it or Break it episodes look…

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How Game Graphics Make You Feel, and the Uncanny Valley

Posted on February 3, 2018February 4, 2018
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byMathew Falvai

When I played Legend of Dragoon for the first time in 2017, I was eager to see how it compared and differed to Final Fantasy VII. After all, Sony was inspired to develop their…

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GAMEOLOGY – Make it or Break it #2 – Bisector, Boolean Bash, Bribery Race

GAMEOLOGY is a series where indie game developer Attila and game player/writer Mat discuss various topics related to making and playing games. The Make it or Break it episodes look…

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Great Gaming Minds: Hironobu Sakaguchi (Final Fantasy, Lost Odyssey, Terra Battle)

Posted on January 16, 2018January 18, 2018
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byMathew Falvai

You’ve probably heard the story. In 1987, Hironobu Sakaguchi’s last attempt to make a video game hit proved more successful than he could ever imagine. The first Final Fantasy spawned one of…

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Great Gaming Minds: Todd Howard (Elder Scrolls, Fallout 3, 4)

Todd Howard has been a chief designer and director at Bethesda Game Studios since before Elder Scrolls and Fallout went 3D. He went on to guide both series into the…

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Stardew Valley Content Roundup

As 2017 comes to a close, it seems that the enthusiasm for beloved farming/life sim, Stardew Valley, has hardly waned. Developer ConcernedApe, A.K.A. Eric Barone has released brief updates via his…

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Million Onion Hotel Might Be 2017’s Weirdest Mobile Game, So We Asked the Developers Why

Posted on December 27, 2017December 27, 2017
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byMatthew Owen

Indie games are a dime a dozen on mobile stores, so it takes something truly special to catch the eye. Last month, Matt from A 90s Kid saw Million Onion Hotel, a wacky Japanese-developed indie, and had to find out more.

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Great Gaming Minds – Roberta and Ken Williams

Founders of Sierra and creators of many of the most influential graphical adventures of the ’80s and ’90s, Roberta and Ken Williams are the next subject of our Great Gaming Minds series.…

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GAMEOLOGY – Experience and Leveling

GAMEOLOGY is an ongoing video/written discussion of game design hosted by Mathew Falvai (me) and game developer Attila “Gabriel” Branyiczky. This week Attila and myself looked at experience and leveling systems in games.…

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