Oculus aims to stand out from the pack by emphasizing "hand presence" -- touch and finger-tracking in VR -- as core to its game design philosophy. Gamasutra chats with CEO Brendan Iribe to learn why. ...

Rubberbanding and injected randomness can level the playing field in competitive games -- but they can also cause problems, potentially harming your game design. So why not take a look at handicaps? ...

This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics ranging from an Ovid's Metamorphoses of ragdoll physics to the recurring themes in the games of The Chinese Room. ...

"To prepare this list, I dug through numerous websites. I drew from countless hours spent looking for resources in the past to bring you the best, free online resources I could find and be recommended." ...

"We are gonna talk about our interactive dioramas for OKHLOS, show how the 3D meshes mix with pixel art. Particularly we are going to talk about how we made them." ...

"What I learned from this whole ordeal is that weird problems crop up when you least expect them and the problem is not always obvious." ...

Game developers are all over Twitter, sharing everything from tips on making games, observations on the latest news, and snarky jokes. This week: A grab-bag of funny to serious, and back. ...

"Polyglot is a base for the basic translations for indie games. Instead of using money on the menus, indies could use that little money they have to localize actual unique content." ...

Paul Kilduff-Taylor recently suggested that developers concentrate on "creatively significant work" -- but what is that? What does it mean? He tackles the topic here. ...

Real talk: Your amazing, innovative, one-of-a-kind game/story/character/song has almost certainly been done before. Probably more than once. At GDC 2014, Nika Harper explains why that shouldn't stop you. ...