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The Soulcalibur still burns | Why I Love
Namco's Dreamcast fighter ushered in the era of better-than-arcade ports and built friendships in competitive communities that last to this day
The Game Developer's Playlist: RPG Maker, with Davionne Gooden | Podcast
Second episode in our spin-off series looks at the accessible development tool that's inspiring indies
Earthbound and the power of representation | Why I Love
Afterburner's Robert Taylor explains how the classic Super Nintendo RPG taught him to read and inspired a career
The Game Developer's Playlist: Earthbound, with Aaron Linde | Podcast
First episode in our new spin-off series available to download
1,100 words of praise for Thirty Flights of Loving | Why I Love
YCJY Games' Josef Martinovsk explains how Blendo Games' short story showed him what games could be
The sublime theatrics and pacing of Metal Gear Solid 4 | Why I Love
Nomina Games co-founder Darrel Wijaya talks about Hideo Kojima's interactive cinematic blockbuster
Ape Out: Understandable in a split second | Why I Love
BugBomb CEO Łukasz Goraczewski says ape escape caper took him back to another time and Another World
Pokémon Snap had a different kind of focus | Why I Love
Tag Games CEO Marc Williamson believes developers could learn from the Nintendo photo safari's escapist tourism without pressure
A Neverwinter Nights intro to game design | Why I Love
Little Chicken Game Company's Erik Kors shares how the world of Faerûn led him to the world of game development
Journey into the mysterious and unknown with Gothic 2
Why I Love: Perfectly Paranormal's Gisle Sølvberg explains the appeal of playing an ambitious example of a genre he wasn't familiar with in a language he barely understood
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