News by Matt S. Dungeons & Dragons will forever be respected as the grandfather of pen-and-paper RPGs. Heck, it’ll be remembered as the creator of the RPG genre in its entirety. Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy would never have happened were it not for Dungeons & Dragons. Every RPG you…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. If you’re keen to get an idea of the kind of our upcoming (well, later this year) The Interactive Canvas will look and feel like, I thought I’d drop a quick note to highlight a couple of great books from our publisher, No Starch Press. If…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. At 352 pages, the Deadly Premonition Visual Companion is an essential purchase for anyone who is a fan of Swery’s polarising horror game. For the $10 or so that it costs, you’ll quickly understand just why this needed to be a digital book on iTunes than…
Read MoreOur Australian readers might be aware that there’s a funky thing happening down in Melbourne at the moment. Game Masters is an exhibition that is a real love letter to the history and culture of gaming. Its attracted some high-profile support, too, with the likes of Tim Schafer and Warren…
Read MoreThe games industry is a reasonably mature one now. People are thinking more about games, the debate “are games art?” rages on, and as a marketing tool, games are becoming a powerful force. As a side effect of that, there is a growing amount of literature looking at games from…
Read MoreThe games industry is a reasonably mature one now. People are thinking more about games, the debate “are games art?” rages on, and as a marketing tool, games are becoming a powerful force. As a side effect of that, there is a growing amount of literature looking at games from…
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