Game Development Archive

  • What does a Game Designer Do?

    What does a Game Designer Do?

    Jameson Durall, Senior Designer at Volition Games, explains what a Game Designer does.

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  • Will There Ever be a True Horror Game?

    Will There Ever be a True Horror Game?

    Now I’m the first to admit: I’m a horror snob. I don’t like slasher films, and I don’t like the overthetop Blood for no reason Fangoria films either. I like plot and character development, and I like horror movies that make us feel unsafe. And I...

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  • Shut up and Play This: Dante’s Inferno

    Shut up and Play This: Dante’s Inferno

    I love Hell. I love the imagery over the last 2 thousand years, I especially love the imagery from artists like Barlowe who’s Inferno art book managed to provide a very detailed, surreal view of hell that acted almost like postcards of someone having visited...

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  • Inside the Dev’s Studio: Post Mortems

    Inside the Dev’s Studio: Post Mortems

    This is going to be the first in a series of articles that give a peek inside the walls of a game developer. With the game pressed and waiting for January 26th this week has been about reflection and planning. During this time it is customary...

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