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It’s been almost two years since Tim Schafer appealed to his fans to fund the traditional adventure game he yearned to make but publishers wouldn’t take a chance on. When the Double Fine Adventure Kickstarter raised $3.3M, more than eight times the amount Schafer asked for, his plans grew as well. He went on to […]

Fans of games with real-life settings and storylines should keep an eye on , an upcoming indie adventure inspired by and other Sierra and LucasArts classics. Winston, the protagonist of this point-and-click game, and his friend James are “mudlarkers”—hobbyists who comb the shore of the River Thames looking for historical artifacts that have resurfaced from […]

I was a teenage girl in 1995: passing notes to my friends in class, listening to Buffalo Tom and Nirvana (R.I.P. Kurt Cobain), dying my hair red. Even now, in my thirties, I frequently indulge my guilty pleasure for young adult novels and TV shows set in high school. This specific point in time, smack […]

Anyone who's ever tried to balance artistic inspiration with the realities of everyday life will be familiar with 's central question: “Can you achieve your dreams without pushing away the people you love?” The game's designer, Kent Hudson is intimately familiar with this question; after more than ten years working on action games including and […]

Jenova Chen’s talk at the 2013 Game Developer’s Conference opened to thunderous, prolonged applause. The night before, his game swept the Game Developers Choice Awards with six wins, including Game of the Year. These join a long and impressive list of accolades that includes five BAFTAs, eight D.I.C.E. awards, three VGAs, and numerous others (including […]