Necrosoft Games' Brandon Sheffield is a big advocate for the GDC expo pass (he also helps put together the GDC Career Seminar) so he wrote you this list of what you can do with that badge at GDC 2017! ...

Eric Barone, AKA ConcernedApe and the sole developer behind Stardew Valley, talks briefly about the joys of working alone and what inspired him to create his own take on a farm life RPG. ...

"We can choose not to please everybody. We can choose to make something that most would actually dislike, in order to make sure a niche of gamers will find it truly memorable." ...

Gamasutra chats with Love Conquers All Games' founder and namesake Christine Love about how she crafted IGF Award-nominated Ladykiller in a Bind, and why we don't see more erotic rom-com games. ...

Fullbright's Nina Freeman will host next week's 19th annual Independent Games Festival Awards at GDC 2017, while Double Fine's Tim Schafer returns to host the 17th annual Game Developers Choice Awards! ...

The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences held its annual DICE Awards ceremony tonight, with Blizzard's Overwatch coming away as the big winner. ...

Blendo Games' Brendon Chung speaks briefly with Gamasutra about the nuts and bolts of Quadrilateral Cowboy's design, influences, and four-year development. ...

Building on its own experience self-publishing games, Coffee Stain Studios has set up shop as a game publisher and has already announced its first project. ...

Game Developers Conference 2017 is just around the corner, and Gamasutra reporters will be onsite bringing you loads of stories. Follow along on our event page here! ...

"VR, it amps up the difficulty of anything," Double Fine's Tim Schafer says in a 2PP Rhombus of Ruin mini-doc. "We realized we were going to have to design puzzles that were more forgiving." ...