Current Articles
- preview Posted by Mervyn Graham.
ProminenceAt first glance, Digital Media Workshop may appear to be merely just another nondescript production company based in Long Island, New York. Founded by Mike Morrison, the company has actually been in operation since 1997, specializing in audio and video media productions such as music and video digital editing, recording, and mixing. Other services that the company provides include 3D design and… |
- interview Posted by Philip English, Philip Jong.
Ryan Henson CreightonIt was hard to imagine an intrepid boutique game developer working with his young daughter to develop a kids' game during an indie game developer jam event that subsequently received worldwide media attention and charmed the entire gaming community at large. It was exactly what happened to Ryan Henson Creighton of Untold Entertainment with his daughter Cassie and a casual game that they created… |
- review Posted by Mervyn Graham.
I'm Not AlonePix Rev is an obscure and little-known game development company based in Naples, Italy. Formed in 2008, the developer has since released only a single computer game to date—an equally obscure and little-known horror action adventure game titled I'm Not Alone. At the core, I'm Not Alone is a bland third-person horror survival game. You play the protagonist role of Patrick Weber, a psychic medium… |
- review Posted by Bregje van Ederen.
Nancy Drew: Treasure in the Royal Tower retroNancy Drew: Treasure in the Royal Tower is the 4th game in the Nancy Drew game series developed by Her Interactive. Like the other games in the series, this game is based on the novel The Treasure in the Royal Tower by Carolyn Keene (a pseudonym used by the book's publisher, Stratemeyer Syndicate) and first published in 1995. Although Her Interactive has targeted the game towards girls with the… |
- review Posted by Mervyn Graham.
The Whispered WorldDevelopment of The Whispering World could be told as a story of perseverance, determination, and insight of a singular game designer with an admirable dream. In 2004, art student Marco Hüllen chose "The Whispered World" as the topic of his diploma thesis. After graduating in 2005, Hüllen continued development of his project as a game with support from the short-lived publisher Bad Brain… |
Past Favorites
- feature Posted by Mark Newheiser.
Adventure game puzzles: unlocking the secrets of puzzle designFor a lot of games, you can figure out most of what you need to know about them from simply looking at an in-game screenshot or watching a gameplay trailer. With a quick glance at the head-up display and the quality of the graphics, you can get a good sense of what kind of monster killing mayhem you will be engaging in and what kind of experience you will likely get from playing the game.… |
- feature Posted by Marshall Ratliff, Philip Jong.
The rise and fall of Full Throttle: a conversation with Bill TillerPlaying Full Throttle is like tasting a rich bowl of roadhouse chili filled to the rim with biker gangs, chick mechanics (covered in engine grease too), and truckers with badass tattoos. An action packed, comical (albeit short), animated graphical adventure set in the backdrop of an apocalyptic future, Full Throttle touches on the subculture of motorcycle gangs and their steel horses. It is also… |
- interview Posted by Philip Jong.
Roberta WilliamsNo adventure game designer had ever achieved the level of success as Roberta Heuer Williams (Roberta Williams) had. Born in 1953, she and her husband Ken Williams co-founded On-Line Systems, which later became Sierra On-Line, when she was only 26. Mystery House, which she wrote in 1979, was the first graphic adventure game ever created for the PC. Her portfolio of games, spanning over nearly 20… |
Random Picks
- review Posted by Matt Barton.
Casebook Episode III: Snake in the GrassCasebook Episode III: Snake in the Grass is the latest episode in the Casebook series from New Zealand developer Aero who, according to the developer, "makes games that look like films". Casebook is a series of mystery adventure games that seem to be inspired by the popular American television show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, with lots of lab work and close investigation of crime scenes.… |