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Firewatch crafts relationships through … radio

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 22, 2015
5 min

Your most constant companion in the forests of Firewatch speaks can only connect to you through a walke-talkie. I spoke to the game's writer Sean Vanaman to discuss the challenges of writing such a relationship.

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The rise of clicker games

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 28, 2015
4 min

Codename Entertainment has seen significant success in the clicker game market with Crusaders of the Lost Idols. We sit down with CEO Eric Jordan to discuss the fan-lead initiatives the studio has made within this nascent genre.

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4 min

The game jam origins of Titan Souls and its one-hit kills

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 19, 2015
4 min

I recently spoke with Acid Nerve lead designer Mark Foster, about how only giving your bosses (and the player) one hit point to survive with affected the design of the recent indie action release Titan Souls.

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4 min

The Old Blood made a piece of plumbing the most deadly of Wolfenstein’s weapons

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 16, 2015
3 min

Machinegames' senior designer Arcade Berg recently spoke with us about how a simple pipe became BJ Blazkowicz's weapon of choice in The Old Blood story expansion.

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3 min

How to land one of the biggest fish in gaming: The story of Nintendo’s new mobile partner, DeNA

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 24, 2015
7 min

You know all about Nintendo. But what about DeNA?

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7 min