This week's game writing, audio & video highlights include a podcast with Jason Rohrer on One Hour One Life, as well as analysis of the acclaimed Frostpunk and lots more besides. ...

Notable Japanese game devs speak to the state of the Japanese game industry, and the factors behind its recent renaissance of flashy, well-received games, in a fascinating new Archipel documentary. ...

"We're less interested in creating a character that players will empathize with than we are in creating a character whose empathy is core to her strength," says NeoCab dev Patrick Ewing. ...

"We're less interested in creating a character that players will empathize with than we are in creating a character whose empathy is core to her strength," says Neo Cab dev Patrick Ewing. ...

Lead designer Kiva Maginn digs into the details of how Harebrained Schemes' new giant robot strategy game reliably dishes up procedurally-generated side missions that are believable and challenging. ...

Lead designer Kiva Maginn digs into the details of how Harebrained Schemes' new giant robot strategy game reliably dishes up procedurally-generated side missions that are believable and challenging. ...

Q.U.B.E. 2 creative director Dave Hall opens up about how the team at Toxic Games made it, why they switched from Kismet to Blueprint, and what works when you're making a 3D puzzle game with a story. ...

In this GDC 2015 session, Choice of Games' Heather Albano provides some examples of important interactive fiction games released over the last few years. ...

The co-founders of Firewatch dev Campo Santo sat down with Rock Paper Shotgun to dig into the decisions that led the studio to leave indie game development and instead join up with Valve. ...

Foreshadowing is a valuable tool that every game maker should have in their arsenal, so we reached out to some devs who know their stuff for tips and examples of games that do it well. ...