Daniel Gronsky, adjunct professor of Media Studies at Pine Manor College, delivers this look at the connection between the aesthetics of a game and its play control -- refined from discussions originally taking place at PAX.
Planning to attend next week's GDC as a student? Two-year veteran of the show and developer Grant Shonkwiler, who attended in 2008 as a student, shares his tips on how to maximize the show.
Student developers discuss the creation of Devil's Tuning Fork, in which "some things were done right from the beginning and some things just never seemed to come together."
In our latest Game Design Challenge, we invite competitors to try and figure out what sort of romance game might appeal to Western tastes... a task that may even be impossible!
Our latest challenge asked readers to re-envision a game that was too ahead of its time to be properly appreciated when it was first released; what makes the grade?
