"When using texture mapping, most modern engines will take care of antialiasing for you. Procedural shaders do not share this luxury and the creator usually has to take care of this." ...

When we asked our Twitter followers what influenced them, we were hoping to hear lots of different things, and so we did. ...

In this GDC 2013 panel, professor Ian Bogost joined Epic expat Mike Capps and the IGDA's Daniel Greenberg to argue against public misconceptions about games, and what we can do to counter them. ...

Winterkewl Games' lead developer Kris Vale has published a frank accounting of how the indie studio managed to spend nearly half a million dollars in Kickstarter pledges without making a game. ...

"We keep talking about video games as art but there's still this big gap between the video game world and the contemporary art world; we need to fill it. I want more of Pippin Barr feat. Marina Abramovi& #263;." ...

How the unique nature of each game project means that the rigid milestone structure the industry follows is difficult to realize -- and a stab at redefining it to be more useful. ...

Red Hook shares data on how the Darkest Dungeon Kickstarter stayed strong in the middle of the campaign, and reflects on how effective its marketing/fulfillment strategies actually were. ...

This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics ranging from a Japanese lexicon for fun to getting lost in a crowded games market. ...

"By implementing simple network culling we were able to reduce traffic by 50 percent; from 2000 messages per second to +/- 1000." ...

After 20 years in traditional games, Sean Vesce aims to help the Inupiat people of Alaska share their culture and values with the commercial gaming audience through puzzle platformer Never Alone. ...