Call him a sell-out. Call him a suit. Call him too mainstream. It doesn’t change the fact that Mario was jumping and saving imperilled females before it was cool. More »
When we last saw the upcoming game from Jonathan Blow this summer, The Witness already looked like an intriguing experience. The way that Blow’s game design interwove puzzles and environmental cues created a hypnotic level of immersion where you had to pay attention to a gameworld like never before. More »
Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky’s upcoming documentary Indie Game: The Movie will be making its debut at the well-regarded World Documentary Competition at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. More »
Indie Game: The Movie Official Trailer from IndieGame: The Movie on Vimeo.
Indie Game: The Movie is an upcoming documentary focusing on the trials, tribulations and processes behind some of the luminaries of the independent gaming scene, including Phil Fish (Fez) and Jonathan Blow (Braid). More »
Love or hate Braid (I loved it) you can’t deny its influence, and you can’t deny that its creator, Jonathan Blow, has a lot of interesting things to say about video games in general. Therefore, you should probably watch this video, in which Blow goes through the process of creating Braid, and discusses all the issues he had during that process. More »
Objection is a new section where we debate hot topics in gaming, and leave it you guys to talk it out in the comments section. The first topic we’re tackling is Video Game narrative, and joining us we have James O’ Connor, a regular contributor to Hyper, Games Editor on Mania and PhD candidate currently writing a thesis on, you guessed it, video game narrative. More »
Some gamers who loved Jonathan Blow’s Braid were perplexed when early footage of his team’s next game, The Witness, debuted on Kotaku last month. To those alarmed or confused, Blow offers some encouraging words. More »
