People make games, a fact that Asha Sharma and the ghouls running Xbox sure seem to want you to forget
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.
Introducing XBOX LABS
This message was just sent to Team XBOX employees globally. Team, The first video games emerged some 75 years ago. In the time since, there have been booms and busts, but every year there are more great games to play, more devices to play them, and best of all, more people than ever playing. That […]
Opinion | Video Games Are Destroying the People Who Make Them (Published 2017)
The industry’s infamous “crunch” culture is taking a serious toll on workers.
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.
The secret developers of the video game industry
In July 2015, developer Comcept launched a Kickstarter campaign for its game Red Ash. It didn’t go well. Despite raising over $500,000 in pledges, the campaign missed its target and critics pummeled its approach — pointing to Comcept launching the campaign before seeing through a previous one, announcing a console port without identifying which console and continuing the campaign after finding external funding. For production studio Hyde, which had teamed with Comcept to develop the game, the campaign presented a new problem. Hyde has been around since 2002, has worked on over 200 games and has had a hand in some of Japan’s biggest franchises, including Final Fantasy, Persona and Yakuza. It just can’t talk about most of them. The team often works in secret, doing its job but not appearing in the credits or mentioning the work publicly. Speaking with Polygon, Hyde President Kenichi Yanagihara estimates that he will never be able to talk about 70 percent of what the company does. And that worked fine until Hyde asked the public for money.
Dear Tim Sweeney, You Could Learn A Thing Or Two From The Xbox Exec Who Posted So Bad That He Had To Delete His Account
A better world is possible
Building games that can be understood at a glance
Building games that can be understood at a glance - Zach Gage, GDC 2018
Building games that can be understood at a glance
Building games that can be understood at a glance - Zach Gage, GDC 2018
Before you place all the blame on Sony, former Destiny 2 CM says Bungie was 'very close to shutting its doors' before the buyout
"It was an emergency acquisition."
500+ Billion Tokens Later: Letting AI Agents Decompile A First-Person Shooter
During the last 3 months, I spent some of my time and tokens decompiling a popular first-person shooter. The goal was not to reach a simple proof-of-concept state. Instead, we really wanted an accurate, stable and feature-complete recreation of the game. The avid reader of my blog might have noticed that I had previously written two posts that have since been removed. Everyone else might now be wondering which game I am talking about. To both of you I can only say that corporate America was here to ruin our fun.
Video Games Are Better Than Real Life
Many Americans have replaced work hours with game play — and ended up happier. Which wouldn’t surprise most gamers.
The Gentrification of Video Game History
We’re not all suburban kids who got a Nintendo 64 for Christmas
This Game Did Everything. What Happened?
Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want
Did the tech industry get high on its own supply?
I Won't Play Kojima's New Game Because of the Xbox & Microsoft Boycott
With Xbox as the new game publisher for Kojima's Physint, I won't be playing it due to the Microsoft boycott over the Gaza genocide.
"The most addictive Xbox game right now": Build your own unstoppable tank Lego-style in this moreish bullet heaven — right now on Xbox Game Pass
Collect blocks to snap together your own modular tank equipped with lasers, railguns, and battering rams to clear out hordes of AI bots.
