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2 Talking Shop: Riot Games' Lead Designer of Social Systems

6 days ago We chat with Riot Games' Jeffrey Lin about molding player behavior in League of Legends

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9 Will Wright: Games "falling way short" as a medium

15 days ago The veteran designer believes the industry is far from realizing games' potential; he also says EA's Sim City server problems were "inexcusable"

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4 Google hires Noah Falstein as chief game designer

19 days ago What are the search giant's plans for the game industry?

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Talking Shop: Obsidian Entertainment's Creative Director

20 days ago We chat with industry vet Chris Avellone about being a great creative director

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5 Games need more direction, says filmmaker James McTeigue

21 days ago The V for Vendetta director says there has to be a "master of the ship" on a game at some point so that designers don't get bogged down in minutiae

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34 Riot: Don't ban your players, reform them

22 days ago Riot is taking a very scientific and psychological approach to player behavior, and it's only helping to increase League of Legends' popularity

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7 Life After Disney: Warren Spector's Exit Interview

A month ago Veteran dev says he "doesn't understand" Junction Point's closure, triple-A is "soul crushing" and expresses interest in mobile and episodic

1 How ethical design can be a money-maker

A month ago GDC 2013: Shellrazer designer describes the key to monetization and in-app purchases; it's all about respect for the players

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1 Jordan Weisman: Kickstarter like a "high wire act with no net"

2 months ago Harebrained Schemes boss says dealing with a Kickstarter audience is “both really gratifying and enormously scary”

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10 Garriott's new RPG is "the antithesis of MMOs"

2 months ago Lord British looks to Kickstarter for new PC/tablet project, Shroud of the Avatar; it's a "chance to go back to his roots" he tells us

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4 Tom Hall: Games need to be "democratized like MP3s"

2 months ago The id veteran also talks about his Commander Keen inspired Secret Spaceship Club

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82 Fearing the micro-transaction future

2 months ago F2P and paymium are inevitable, and not just for EA - but critics of this future aren't easily dismissed

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31 Trimming The Fat: How and Why Game Design Must Change

Opinion 4 months ago Game design has become clumsy and bloated - it's time to shake things up

9 AAA not the future, says Splinter Cell: Blacklist director

6 months ago Patrick Redding proposes "lower-case aaa" game as where the industry should be heading

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24 Single player is a "gimmick" says mid-core developer

6 months ago Gogogic CEO Jonas Antonsson says games are meant to be played with others, whether simultaneously or not

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2 Project Eternity: How Chris Avellone Blew By $4 Million on Kickstarter

7 months ago Obsidian's Creative Director shares his secrets of success and how liberating Kickstarter has been for design

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7 Game Industry Legends: Rob Pardo

7 months ago World of Warcraft's lead designer on innovative indies, changing genres and why the big budget single-player game is an endangered species

8 David Cage says games "need to grow up"

9 months ago "How many monsters/aliens/zombies can you kill in games?" asks Cage

5 Jade Raymond calls for developers to embrace non-traditional control schemes

9 months ago Former Assassin's Creed producer believes in viability of control-pad free gaming

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8 Arkane's Harvey Smith on Dishonored and Empowering Players

9 months ago The Deus Ex lead designer talks about interactive narrative and differences in game design approaches

5 Ouya console "around size of Rubik's cube"

9 months ago Ouya designer aims at portability for new device

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5 The Last of Us: Naughty Dog On Elevating the Interactive Medium

10 months ago Bruce Straley talks about marrying gameplay and storytelling

4 Monkey Island creator says developers should stop worrying about audience expectations

10 months ago Double Fine's Ron Gilbert believes caving to gamer expectations stifles creative approach

3 Japanese game development should be more "Hollywood" says Mikami

10 months ago Ex-Capcom producer behind Devil May Cry wishes to push Japanese market towards Western model

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13 Will Wright: "Console guys are running scared"

10 months ago The legendary designer shares some thoughts on game design and the industry

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