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Play old games: They're good and good for you

With prices skyrocketing and more and more bad news about contemporary video games every day, here's a suggestion: play old games!

The Rise and Fall of the Lone Game Developer – Holy Ghost Stories

In the early 80s, all it took to make a game was a computer, some graph paper, and a lot of determination.

We need more video games that are social platforms first, games second | TechCrunch

During these long, mundane physically-distant days, stretching on into an uncertain future like an ever-lengthening beigeish corridor, it's impossible not

Why old games never die (but new ones do)

It’s well known that video games today are disposable pieces of slop. Modern multiplayer games tend to fall into one of two categories: they’re abandoned after a while and the servers a…

The Raspberry Pi Has Revolutionized Emulation

Every geek goes through a phase where they discover emulation. It’s practically a rite of passage. I think I spent most of my childhood – and a large part of my life as a young adult – desperately wishing I was in a video game arcade. When I finally obtained my

What I've Learnt After Making My First Hobby Game

A lot of people (myself included) get into software development because of computer games — as a kid, I was amazed at computer games and always curious about how it was made. However, after finally getting into the industry, most people (myself included) end up not doing game development.

cataclysm: The zombie apocalypse starts now

I love it when people suggest console games for Linux are a joke. I can think of three or four games offhand — crawl is one, taipan and gearhead are others — with more depth and intelli…

Games Like Zelda - What To Play After You've Finished Tears Of The Kingdom

Attack of the (Zelda) Clones

Build, gather, brawl, repeat: The history of real-time strategy games

As we wait on a new Age of Empires this fall, let's revisit the RTS genre's highs and lows.

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Game Platforms | Game Developer

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Gaming is not the most important thing in my life

This is what people ask when they find out what I do. I have a stock answer: Super Mario 64. It's probably not my favorite game, but it satisfies people. It's a game they've heard of and that we all can agree was important. It's one of my favorite games, sure, but that's where my love for it ends.

The Existential Terror of Battle Royale

It’s been a while since I wrote a blog post, I guess in general, but also a blog post about video games. Video games are probably the single thing most attributable to my career as a programmer, and everything else I’ve done professionally after that. I still feel