Most developers would have given Ecco a rocket launcher or something. That’s all by design, Remedy Entertainment’s creative director Sam Lake admits. “From the get-go, we assumed there was going to be a sequel,” Lake says. “We mapped things further out when it came to character, story, details, and focus changes.” Deathloop was one of […]
With just a thumbs up or thumbs down available, players would more often use the thumbs down button, and voice chat was avoided entirely for fear of players being cursed at by teenagers. In 2005 the developers of LittleBigPlanet created a working prototype for their game, which featured an overly simple character with a distinctive […]
You are central to everyone’s engagement with, and enjoyment of, the board game. You are the compere, teacher, and maybe the venue host too. Background music and the TV are fine while people are arriving, but when it’s time to teach them the rules. This is especially the case when playing role-playing games where theme […]