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On Kirby 64 and Impressionism
Sketch House Games' Nate Buck considers how N64 developers discarded details while preserving an aesthetic
The transcendent appeal of Mount & Blade: Warband
Why I Love: The degree of difficulty for dev and player alike got John Nejady interested in TaleWorlds' medieval battle game, but the community he found made it something more
Super Crate Box: Elegant, frantic, and unapologetically small
WarpThrough developer Ramon Huiskamp didn't full appreciate Vlambeer's action game until he tried to make something like it
How God of War converted a non-believer
Why I Love: Double Eleven's Matt Dunthorne says the 2018 revamp turned him from uninterested onlooker into full-on fanboy
The never-ending journey of No Man's Sky
Why I Love: EA Vancouver games researcher James Berg loses himself in Hello Games' vast universe
Soul Reaver: Audacious, pulpy, intelligent, trashy, uncompromising
Why I Love: TheChineseRoom's Dan Pinchbeck pays tribute to Crystal Dynamics' PSOne vampiric action-adventure
Braid and the beauty of not wasting time
Why I Love: A Duel Hand Disaster dev Jaycee Salinas takes inspiration from the indie time manipulation platformer
How Astroneer creates an enjoyably unsafe space
Why I Love: Student game developer Aden Webb explores the mood-building design decisions of System Era's survival sandbox
Diablo III's devilish appeal is in the details
Why I Love: Kopla Games CEO Mika Kuusisto explains why his career has been intertwined with Blizzard's hit from the very start
Courtship Under a Killing Moon
Why I Love: D'Avekki Studios' Tim Cowles knew he'd found a keeper thanks to those three little words: Full Motion Video
Inside made you feel like an unwelcome guest
Why I Love: Lilly Devon goes into the stripped down genius of Playdead's alienating platformer
The timeless magic of Shadow of the Colossus
Why I Love: In Vitro Games founder Ricardo Verdugo Ortiz goes in-depth on Team ICO's masterpiece and Bluepoint's worthy remaster and remake
Deux Ex: The game you can't win
Why I Love: Bow to Blood developer Matthew Hoesterey says the immersive sim was everything he hoped for, but not what he expected
Unraveling Undertale
Why I Love: Just Add Water's Oliver William Walker examines the charm of a surprising, unusual, and thoughtful RPG
Gratitude for the Miracle Man
Why I Love: Pumped BMX developer Adam Hunt pays heartfelt homage to a magazine disc demo of Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX
Persona 5 and the merger of style and substance
Why I Love: Marketer Michal Napora was sold by the Atlus RPG's flashy exterior, but hooked by its substantial heart
The sweet science of Armadillo Run
Why I Love: Hugecalf Studios' Andy Metcalfe explains how the 2008 indie effort got the ball rolling on his love of physics-based puzzlers
The head games of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Why I Love: Jakub Kasztalski explains why Troika Games' undead immersive sim never gets old
How Odama tilted the playing field
Why I Love: Pig Eat Ball's Nathan Fouts reminisces about Yoot Saito's bizarre pinball-meets-RTS GameCube exclusive
Rez and the power of owning your own experience
Why I Love: Friend & Foe's Ivar Dahlberg examines the Tetsuya Mizuguchi classic and how it influences his own very different work
Old ways can still be the best ways
Why I Love: YoYo Games' Mike Dailly explains how tech from the 1988 Commodore 64 shooter Armalyte is still used today
Striking the balance of autonomy and narrative
Why I Love: Auroch Digital's Nina Collins digs into the guided open-world of Sucker Punch's Infamous
Assassins Creed: An ancient world with a modern mood
Why I Love: KeokeN Interactive founder Koen Deetman shares how Ubisoft's open-world adventure captured his imagination
Brevity is the soul of Minit
Why I Love: Size Five Games' Dan Marshall explains why the 60-second adventure game represents "streamlining at its best"
Diddy Kong was my Dark Souls
Sumo Digital's Jamie Smith says Rare's N64 kart racer left the competition in the dust