Indie developer Rami Ismail responds to critic of work-life balance in game industry
I read this article today. I wrote an inline response. The bold parts are the article’s original text. My responses are the rest of...
How the West gets Muslims wrong in video games
It’s easy to depict Muslims as the villains in video games these days. How we show Muslims in video games is slanted in a way that reflects the storytelling biases of Westerners who don’t follow Islam.
Indie dev Rami Ismail on doing good, the Indiepocalypse, and Nuclear Throne
Rami Ismail is one of the most visible independent game developers in the world. The cofounder of Utrecht, Netherlands-based Vlambeer is trying to use that...
PlayStation indies draw visual inspiration from the past and look to the future
Some upcoming PlayStation games were clearly inspired by retro classics while others had a futuristic vision. A few of the best managed to combine the two competing styles.
Dhruva CEO explains how India’s game industry is coming of age (interview)
Will India's fortunes rise on the global gaming stage?
Low-fi flying game Luftrauser is making profit after just 72 hours
Luftrausers took more than two years to make, but fans helped it turn a profit in just a few days.
Luftrausers’s unfriendly skies packs a ridiculous amount of thrill and drama into short chunks (review)
Luftrausers lets you experience the extreme highs and lows of aerial combat in two minutes or less.
The Dutch want gaming startups to sprout like tulips (interview)
The Dutch government has helped start an investment fund, GameOn, that wants to find the next Supercell.
Apple design awards 2013: apps that ‘raise the bar in design, technology, and innovation’
The winners, as you would expect, included gorgeous design, innovative uses of Apple technologies, and some of the best-imagined apps on the app store. There are also two student-built apps that are simply amazing examples of the creativity of young developers.
Consoles that won’t die: The Commodore 64
Time and technology has moved on since 1983, but the Commodore 64 continues to survive as a viable gaming platform, supported by a dedicated homebrew scene that's combining old school programming skills with a modern-day indie mentality.