"Composers' pitch letters remind me so much of my own, from back when was hunting for my first gig, 15 years ago. Just like I did, they go about it entirely wrong." ...

"The post provides a short solution for finding 'missing' object references. These are probably the result of some mixup in .meta files that results in having a link with an invalid object id." ...

"'Painterly' art doesn't try to look realistic -- instead, it uses its unique aspects as a constructed object to its advantage. I hope that, as games continue to grow, we get to see a truly 'gamerly' game." ...

This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Alan Williamson on topics ranging from Grand Theft Auto 5's reappearance in the news to an analysis of a BioShock 'morality run.' ...

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons director and filmmaker Josef Fares has founded a new independent studio, Hazelight, in Stockholm with a handful of ex-Starbreeze compatriots who worked with him on Brothers. ...

"It has slowly dawned on me that perhaps the most interesting capacity of games is their ability to let the player explore a unique, consistent and mysterious relationship between cause and effect." ...

"Without tactical complexity to act as a hurdle to deep strategic understanding, even new players can appreciate the implications of their choices." ...

"Every studio has their own set of tracks that has been cultivated over the years. As mentioned, some of them will be very helpful but a lot of them will get in the way of improving." ...

Drawing on his own experience developing Ludus, one programmer showcases the production benefits that come from regularly building prototypes of subsystems within your actual game prototype. ...

California-based Yacht Club Games has sold more than 300,000 copies of its retro-inspired platformer Shovel Knight since the Kickstarted game was first released for PC and the Nintendo eShop in June. ...