"For years, I've told friends and colleagues that game stories suck. People nod their heads, then happily play and continue making story-driven games anyway." ...

This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Lindsey Joyce on topics ranging from our overzealous use of the term 'interactivity' to whether games can exist sans politics. ...

Cliff Bleszinski is on board, and so are many other Western developers. Now, the company formally announces its new publishing division: Nexon XP. ...

"One of the tasks we find ourselves doing quite frequently is controlling the timing of things (loop an animation for x seconds, randomize AI behavior every y seconds, etc.)." ...

"While you'll always face compromises, there is nothing stopping anyone from creating a vast, engaging, and epic-scale game on an indie budget." ...

Gamasutra was in Hollywood over the weekend for Oculus Connect 2014, where visionaries including Palmer Luckey, John Carmack, and Jesse Schell shared their vision for the future of virtual reality. ...

"Archmage Rises is a UI-heavy game, and the interface is core to the entire game experience. Proper software development methodology mandates that we take on the highest priority and risk items first." ...

"Game development work is inherently and by necessity creative, yet often we don't work in environments conducive to creativity." ...

He started working with VR in 1993, and professionally in 1995. Now he's making prototypes for the Oculus Rift and teaching students how to develop in VR. What does he think of the medium's future? ...

We got a few moments with the Oculus VR co-founder at Oculus Connect, and this is what he had to say to game developers: keep trying, and make sure you polish your work. ...