This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Johnny Kilhefner on topics ranging from black and queer representation in games to what it means if Mass Effect's Commander Shepard was originally a woman. ...

"I finally gave up on iOS after I got a 'Best New Games' feature and saw how little revenue that actually brought in. The risk/reward profile was just terrible." ...

"You realize that you don't deserve to be here. You do not belong. You see amazing, talented people with more experience and talent, and you know you aren't qualified to work in their industry." ...

In Okhlos, we try to blend pixel art with a low poly aesthetic, but we also use shadows, HDR, bloom, and lots of "new" effects - just because we can! ...

The crafting system we had constructed alternated between being boring and overwhelming. To solve this HORRIBLE problem, we first had to examine why this might be the case. ...

Some data from a recent Game Developers Conference State of the Industry survey has got me thinking about trends in self-publishing. ...

As the game industry matures, developers must balance the demands of their careers with the realities of growing older. Gamasutra asks its Twitter followers whether things get easier -- or harder. ...

"I am fed up with the whole mobile/tablet gaming market. I've worked hard for three years and released two games to almost every mobile device you can think of. Never again." ...

At GDC Next 2014, Young Horses cofounders Phil Tibitoski and John Murphy discussed the methods they used to create a successful [joke] game, work better as a team, and learn to love again. ...

Big VC windfalls and crowdfunding successes make the headlines, but the majority of developers still fund their work using either their company's existing warchest or their own personal funds. ...