This week's longform article/video highlights include a history of the You Don't Know Jack developers, two pieces about Crash Bandicoot - both original and remaster - and lots more. ...

In a new YouTube video, Introversion devs Mark Morris and Chris DeLay speak very frankly about being surprised to find Scanner Sombre has sold roughly 6,000 copies in the two months since launch. ...

"The bottom line is they need to do what's best for their business. And unfortunately maybe doing indies is not that right now. And that's unfortunate, but there's not much we can do." ...

Designer and organizer Andy McMillan has launched a new venture that may be of special interest to some devs: The Liberty Foundation, an organization that seeks to fund and support indie artists. ...

Games lawyer Chris Reid takes the stage at GDC 2017 to deliver a practical talk on contract law, breaking down everything indies should know about 5 common contracts in the game industry. ...

Senior level designer Henri Mustonen explores how design decisions made for Nex Machina ultimately encourage players to explore and learn. ...

Jason Hickey, lead environment artist on Insomniac Games' upcoming Spider-Man offers practical tips about what it takes to be a great environment artist -- and no, it's not all about making pretty things. ...

"Look at me, I don't have scripts and nobody tells me what to say," A Way Out director Josef Fares told Engadget during E3. "I say what I want to say. Passion is what drives this." ...

At GDC 2017 game dev Shawn Alexander Allen lays out concrete examples of how games are often filled with homogeneous characters -- and howÊdevs can craft better games by breaking out of that mold. ...

"I let myself look on the game from a distance. I''ll do my best to analyze those key design features that I think did the most benefit. These are the things that I will remember for my future projects." ...