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Epic Mickey’s Designer Addresses Kloodgy Camera Complaints

A common criticism of Disney’s Epic Mickey (made by Totilo in his review, too) concerns the game’s flawed camera view. Warren Spector, the game’s designer, says the problem is the game bridges two styles that use fairly standard angles.


December 7, 2010

Review: Epic Mickey Reveals The Price Of Mischief, But With Camera Obscured

Mickey Mouse is no Super Mario. He’s the star of a more unusual kind of game on the Nintendo Wii, a game that starts poorly but finishes as one of the best hero stories of the year.


November 30, 2010
In Real Life

Epic Mickey Creator Immortalised In Trading Card Form

Artist Len Peralta commemorates this week’s release of Epic Mickey by adding creator Warren Spector to his “Geek a Week” collectable card art project. Check out more art and a podcast interview with Spector at the “Geek a Week” website.


November 24, 2010

The Many Inspirations Behind Disney Epic Mickey

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November 23, 2010
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Epic Mickey Champion Says Bye-Bye Disney

Disney Interactive Studios started out as a small Disney arm that mainly churned out licensed games for kids. Today, it’s a major game player. The man that made that happen is leaving the company.


October 28, 2010
In Real Life

Top Developers List Their Favourite PS2 Games

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Personally, I just love this stuff. To celebrate the ten year anniversary of the PlayStation 2′s release (in the US) the PlayStation blog managed to convince just about every notable developer in the known universe to list their favourite PS2 games.


October 14, 2010

Epic Mickey Producer: Wii Chose Wisely

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We had a quick chat to Adam Creighton, producer on Epic Mickey, and he had plenty to say about the state of third party development on the Wii, and expanded on why he thought Epic Mickey would do well – despite the well-documented struggle other high profile titles have gone through on the console.


October 5, 2010

The Importance Of Story In Epic Mickey

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According to Warren Spector, it isn’t the story of Epic Mickey that’s important; it’s how you relate to the story.


September 17, 2010
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Disney Epic Mickey Hits Nov 30

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Your journey into the Wasteland alongside Warren Spector’s take on Mickey Mouse kicks off on November 20, if you have a Wii.


September 10, 2010

Epic Mickey Lets Mickey Mouse Be A Jerk

With the power of video games enabling us, we’ve been able to make James Bond a klutz and Darth Vader a hero, but who expected that Disney would allow us to make Mickey Mouse a selfish, dangerous jerk?