The bloody symphony of Children of the Sun
Published by Devolver Digital and created by René Rother ‘(German solo dev), Children of the Sun is a game with a unique style, perfectly complemented by a good story of revenge. The…
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Xalavier Nelson Jr.: Creator of Strange Scafold Studio
Can you tell us about your career in the video game industry and the key moments that have marked it so far? Why did you want to switch from writing to making…
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Concrete and wonders: brutalism in video games
What does it mean to recreate, rebuild or construct a Brutalist building in a video game? Brutalist architecture is characterized by hard, imposing forms, exposed concrete and often silhouettes evoking the mold…
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Pacific Drive and the new weird
“There’s a sort of evil out there. Something very, very strange in these old woods. Call it what you want. A darkness, a presence. It takes many forms but … it’s been…
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The Pixel Hunt #1 | Starting a new project
Welcome to Tales From The Devs, an exclusive new format that takes you behind the scenes of video game creation. In this first article, we follow French studio The Pixel Hunt as…
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Pietro Righi Riva: studio director of Santa Ragione
At the end of 2023, I played two games in quick succession that had a huge impact on me: Mediterranea Inferno (you can find my review here) and Saturnalia. Shortly afterwards, I…
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Pelle Cahndlerby: writer and narrative designer on ULTROS
ULTROS is one of the games I’m most looking forward to at the start of the year. Its mysterious universe, psychedelic DA and Metroidvania look are just some of the reasons why…
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Mediterranea Inferno : depression and cool summer
2020 seems so far away and yet so close. A strange year for the whole world, almost in brackets as we seem to have gone from 2019 to 2023 with the snap…
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David Lynch’s influence on the American (no)Dream
America has always fascinated me, whether I like to admit it or not. As a child of the 1990s, I grew up with all the clichés you can imagine and, above all,…
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Playing the Riot: Deciphering revolutions in video games
Weapons in hand and ideas in fist, revolutions are a regular feature of history. Ideological, violent or non-violent, societal or political, the concept of revolution is a hybrid one that cuts across…
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