Indie Game Dev Podcast: Interview with Braid Developer and Experimental Gameplay Workshop Founder

By GBGames, on June 19th, 2007%

Action has an interview with the founder of the Experimental Gameplay Workshop at GDC and developer of Braid, which won the 2006 IGF prize for Innovation in Game Design and was a finalist for the Slamdance Guerilla Gamemaker competition. Jonathan Blow talks about starting out as an indie fairly young, the difference in what . . . → Read More: Indie Game Dev Podcast: Interview with Braid Developer and Experimental Gameplay Workshop Founder

Thousander Club Update: June 18th

By GBGames, on June 18th, 2007%

For this weekâ€™s Thousander Club update:

Game Hours: 262.25 (previous year) + 128.25 (current year) = 390.5 / 1000 Game Ideas: 616 (previous year) + 57 (current year) = 673 / 1000

I still have a 10-minute build process, which means I go from checking out the Killer Kittens project to a distributable tar.gz file . . . → Read More: Thousander Club Update: June 18th

Feminism and Video Games

By GBGames, on June 16th, 2007%

In What Do We Do About Video Games?, Roy looks at how women and race are portrayed in one of his favorite pastimes, and he isn’t impressed.

In a previous post, I’ve suggested that girl-friendly games aren’t needed so much as games that appeal to non-gamers. I still believe it, but I think that there . . . → Read More: Feminism and Video Games

Blogging Final Fantasy with Four White Wizards

By GBGames, on June 16th, 2007%

Since I learned about Blogging Ultima, a number of other blogs have popped up involving other games. Besides Blogging DQ and Blogging Final Fantasy, Casey Dunham has decided to accomplish what he has always wanted to do: Finish Final Fantasy with four white wizards!

If you are not familiar with the original Final Fantasy game, . . . → Read More: Blogging Final Fantasy with Four White Wizards

Stories Aren’t That Important…Well, Sorta

By GBGames, on June 12th, 2007%

Regardless of their credentials, people like to give their opinions on all manner of things. From the best way to pick a password for your email account to what makes a video game good, you will hear a lot of opinions in your lifetime, and not all of them will be good. I once heard . . . → Read More: Stories Aren’t That Important…Well, Sorta