A look at both the why and the how of building your own arcade cabinet for your game -- and, on top of that, an interview with one of the idea's major proponents. ...

As we bid farewell to 2014, it's clear we're closing out one of the more momentous years in recent game industry history; here are the developers, events and trends that defined the year. ...

"This post discusses the fundamentals of memory management in the garbage-collected world of .NET and Mono. I also discuss some common sources of memory leaks." ...

"The advent of pixel art has shown me that you can take any visual tech and distill it to its purest form. Creating 3D art without the use of textures does exactly this." ...

What happens when an indie studio pulls in triple-A talent to make a game with a really weird twist? This postmortem covers the development of pinball/RPG hybrid Rollers of the Realm. ...

"Are they good for game development? Do they bring any additional complexity? Do they solve any problems better than the current approach?" ...

Following the horrific shooting at Sandy Hook, the game industry sat down with the Vice President to talk about gun violence. A year later we asked: What's come of that meeting? ...

What do Cart Life, Papers, Please, and stand-up have in common? This thoughtful blog post points out some largely unexplored territory for video games, and how we're getting to it. ...

Hackers took down Xbox Live and PSN on Christmas. What effect did that have on developers who have games there? Former Game Developer editor and current indie dev Brandon Sheffield explains. ...

A designer who loves hand-crafted levels looks back on a solution that arrived at a procedurally-generated game that made the team and players both happy. ...