What a Game Wants

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Forget the stereotypes -- a new survey finds video game players can be just about anyone

Gaming is not the most important thing in my life Brian Crecente, polygon.com

"What’s your favorite video game?"

This is what people ask when they find out what I do. I have a stock answer: Super Mario 64. It's probably not my favorite game, but it satisfies people. It's a game they've heard of and that we all can…

No skin thick enough: The daily harassment of women in the game industry Polygon Staff, polygon.com

Con­tent warn­ing: This post con­tains graph­ic lan­guage, slurs and trig­ger­ing con­tent

"Women are the nig­gers of gender," the email said. "If you killed your­self, I wouldn’t even fuck the corpse."

I blinked at my phone, fight­ing…

The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt Charlie Hall, polygon.com

The Witch­er 3: The Wild Hunt will be the cul­mi­na­tion of Ger­alt's jour­ney, the end of his story as CDPro­jekt has writ­ten it. And after ten long years and three AAA titles, Kon­rad Tomaszkiewicz, CDPro­jekt's game direc­tor, will be f…

Critics Renew Calls For More Diverse Video Game Characters Laura Sydell, npr.org

Critics Renew Calls For More Diverse Video Game Characters NPR Business

There's a myth that only nerdy white guys play and make video games. At this week's video game extrav­a­gan­za in Los Ange­les called Elec­tron­ic Enter­tain­ment Expo,…

Why a Short RPG Can Still Be a Great RPG Andy Corrigan, ign.com

What­ev­er your pre­ferred flavour, we’ve all had stints where RPGs have taken over our lives a lit­tle more than they should have. When an Elder Scrolls game led to play ses­sions that last­ed until con­troller bat­ter­ies could func­tion no long…

Mario Kart 8 Proves Nintendo Is The Game Maker For Grown-Ups Jordan Shapiro, forbes.com

I think Mario Kart 8 is just about the most mature game I’ve played this year. I know read­ers won’t like this arti­cle. They’ll dis­agree. For some rea­son it seems to have become cool to hate Nin­ten­do. I’m alone in my ado­ra­tion and it…

How Nintendo can fix the Wii U right now Mike Minotti, venturebeat.com

The Wii U isn’t sell­ing well.

We all know this, and we all have our own ideas on how Nin­ten­do can fix this prob­lem. Some want them to aban­don the sys­tem entire­ly and make a new con­sole imme­di­ate­ly. Oth­ers think a spe­cif­ic title, li…

A Gaming Company Devoted to Narrative Tackles ‘Thrones’ By LAURA PARKER, nytimes.com

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — Behind closed doors and papered-over win­dows here, a half-dozen sto­ry­tellers have been scram­bling to con­jure a fan­ta­sy world with com­pelling char­ac­ters, fierce dia­logue and an intri­cate plot. But this is no ordi­na…

Brian, nintendoeverything.com

This is something that we covered in our Mario Kart 8 press release today, though this nugget deserves a bit of extra attention. Yep – Mario Kart 8 does in fact feature music recorded by live performers. It’s not for all tracks, but it’s a fantast…

How The Most Expensive Game Jam In History Crashed And Burned In A Single Day Jared Rosen, indiestatik.com

Ihave never been a “company man.” I do not subscribe to corporate culture, nor do I go to all hands meetings where I wait, with rapt attention, for the inspirational words of our department heads. I don’t keep my desk up, or the closet office wher…

For the First Time in Forever (Mario Kart Version) - Roger DiLuigi feat. Danny Lopatka youtube.com