From the Developer
How a Hollywood Actress Created a Latina Superhero for Comics & Games
In 2008, I had just completed a TV show, The Shield, and a movie, Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. I started ...
From the Developer
As Notre Dame Burned, Developing This War of Mine: Fading Embers Took On Graver Meaning for Us
Fading Embers is the crowning episode of Stories DLC — a set of narrative-driven scenarios for This War of Mine. First there was ...
From the Developer
Humanity Is at the Bottom of the Cosmic Food Chain in the Tabletop RPG Black Void
In this edition of From the Developer we asked Christoffer Sevaldsen, designer of the tabletop RPG Black Void, to write about how he ...
From the Developer
Naps Don’t Heal Stab Wounds: How Zweihander Grim & Perilous RPG Distinguishes Itself from D&D
“What does grim & perilous gaming even mean?” This is a question I usually hear as someone lifts up the 4.5-pound Zweihander Grim & ...
From the Developer
Developing Warriors of Waterdeep: How Many Owlbears Is Too Many?
Developing Warriors of Waterdeep, an official Dungeons & Dragons mobile game, at Ludia boiled down to answering one simple question: How many owlbears ...
From the Developer
From the Developer: How We Developed Koral While Sailing The Seas
No two video games are developed the exact same way. This is especially true of the underwater puzzle adventure game, Koral. Game lead, ...
From the Developer
That Dragonborn Feel: How I Turned Elder Scrolls Into a Board Game
I’m an unabashed Elder Scrolls fan. There! I said it. I’ve played every game in the series since Daggerfall — which devoured far ...
From the Developer
Magic: The Gathering Arena: We are the Players Who Change the Game
MIT recently declared something about Magic: The Gathering that most players have known for over 25 years: MTG is HARD. Their recent study established ...
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How The Refuge: Terror from the Deep Tries to Nail Both Co-Op and Solo Play
It’s August 2018 and we’re at GenCon. “What about a solo mode?” asks Floyd Lu, creative director of B&B Games Studios. We’re in ...
Features
How Frostpunk’s Artist Brings a Frozen Wasteland to Life Using VR
Amidst the massive hype surrounding VR this decade, people tend to forget that VR can be used to not only play games but ...
Features
VA-11 HALL-A: Sex, Booze, and Sukeban Games
Even two years after its initial release, and especially now that it’s available on Nintendo Switch, I still can’t believe that Sukeban Games’ ...
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Warsaw Wants to Make World War II Games Matter Again
In Poland, World War II is a specter that has never been truly laid to rest, casting its ever-pervasive shadow on the nation’s ...
