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Interview with the Founder of UCLA Game Lab Achieving “Can Do” Through “Don’t Do”
I would say the UCLA game lab is very unique because of the things we don't do.
Punking Up the Game Scene: An Interview with The Bit Bash Interactive Arts Festival
The Xtreme Bit Bash (August 31, 6-10pm at the iO Theatre) aims to re-engage its community and continue contributing to Chicago's rich arts and culture scene through its distinctive blend of interactive entertainment and artistic expression.
Curating A Chinese Game Designer's Solo Show and Responding to GDC: What's This Antique Institution Really Up to?
An Interview with the Curators from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
The Indie Game The Righteousness: SanGuo Co-Created With My Father
I aim to share some of experiences and insights I've gained from the development process.
An Analysis of Perspectives’ Shaping of Narratives in Games and Art
This essay mainly covers two examples—the puzzle game Samsara Room and the classical film Mulholland Drive, discussing the possibilities of application of perspectives from artistic and phenomenological standpoints, and further analyzing the application of perspective’s shaping on overall narratives.
An Idle RPG that Tries to Teach Players How to Program:Interview with the Lead Developer of SSRPG
Let's start with the amazing ASCII Art with the game's core creator Gabriel Santos.
Collaborative Development, Technology Exploration, and Game Distribution: Interview with Educator Tom Corbett
indienova’s interview with Tom
Game Design of Creating Experiential Situations Interview with the Futurist Stuart Candy
We talked about how games may be used to explore and broaden people’s understanding of possible futures.
Running an Arcade Bar in a Way of Operating an Art Gallery Interview with Mark Kleback
Wonderville is an indie game arcade and bar in Brooklyn, New York, founded by husband-and-wife team Mark Kleback and Stephanie Gross.
Interview with Sam Barlow: From Her Story to IMMORTALITY
This time the new story centers around a film star, Marissa Marcel, who only ever appeared in three unreleased movies, “Ambrosio,” “Minsky,” and “Two of Everything.” Then, Marissa Marcel disappeared. The player gets hooked by the untold stories and must explore clips to speculate on the complex mystery: why and how she disappeared.
Failure panic and checkpoint rush of players
Failure happens. In reality and in games. Retry. Cancel. These are common choices. But sometimes if the player gets stuck in some stage of a game, he may even never want to touch that game again.