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Unraveling the mystery behind Phalanx's delightfully weird box art
Unraveling the mystery behind Phalanx's delightfully weird box art
"If we couldn't do anything else, we'd try and get the potential purchaser to stare at the package and try and figure out what just happened."
Nov. 6, 2017
Sales up at Capcom thanks to 'stalwart' Monster Hunter franchise
Sales up at Capcom thanks to 'stalwart' Monster Hunter franchise
Capcom has posted its financials for the six months ended September 30, and the Japanese outfit seems pleased with its performance.
Nov. 6, 2017
Video Game Deep Cuts: Donkey Crossing? Let's Observer!
Video Game Deep Cuts: Donkey Crossing? Let's Observer!
Some of this week's longform article & video highlights include a look at the new F2P Animal Crossing, Donkey Kong 64's speedrun history, and the cyberpunk horror of Observer.
Nov. 6, 2017
Perception: The most technical issue of VR
Perception: The most technical issue of VR
This article highlights some of the research results about perception in VR that were found by scientists during the last 50 years. It aims to provide a better understanding of the human perceptual system and its effects on the design of VR games.
Nov. 6, 2017
Logistical Problem
Logistical Problem
In designing Bonbon, I decided that I didn't want the player to be able to carry objects over distances. Players didn't like that, so I found a compromise.
Nov. 6, 2017
Gutters In Video Game Design
Gutters In Video Game Design
The space between the panels is key to comic books. Asking the reader to interpolate between the images to get the full story is an integral part of the medium. This article goes over a parallel technique in video games and why I like it so much.
Nov. 6, 2017
2 Years of Gremlins, Inc.: demographics
2 Years of Gremlins, Inc.: demographics
Two years ago we released our digital board game Gremlins, Inc. in Steam Early Access. Today, we look back at this period and share our data about regions and languages used by the community.
Nov. 6, 2017
How we achieved high quality graphics and kept performance on Angest for GearVR (Part 2)
How we achieved high quality graphics and kept performance on Angest for GearVR (Part 2)
Second part of techniques and tricks used to achieve high quality graphics while keeping performance used on Angest for GearVR
Nov. 6, 2017
Miercom Agrees: Huawei is no Match for Feature-Rich Cisco
Miercom Agrees: Huawei is no Match for Feature-Rich Cisco
A modern-day enterprise Wi-Fi infrastructure has to be multi-faceted. It should be optimized, not only for high performance, but also in order for other
Nov. 3, 2017
Synopsys Set to Acquire Black Duck Software
Synopsys Set to Acquire Black Duck Software
Synopsys set to boost its application security testing portfolio with the acquisition of Black Duck Software
Nov. 3, 2017
Physical games continue to drive sales for Sega Sammy
Physical games continue to drive sales for Sega Sammy
Between this year and last, Sega Sammy has nearly doubled the number of video games sold during the first half of its fiscal year.
Nov. 3, 2017
Niantic acquires team behind social video app Evertoon
Niantic acquires team behind social video app Evertoon
The Pokemon Go developer says that the acquisition ultimately will assist it in building social systems for its platform and products.
Nov. 3, 2017