Attorney Zachary Strebeck on Twitch's decision to mute copyrighted music in hosted videos: "I know that no one likes this and my opinion is unpopular, but that is the way that the law works now." ...
"It's only been 20 years I've been trying to get here," says the veteran developer. "It wouldn't have happened if not for crowdfunding." ...
"Figuring out a winning strategy feels, to me, like discovering hidden knowledge. Viewed that way, rich gameplay is just a big pile of secrets, and uncovering them is a delight." ...
Kansas is a hotbed of game torrenting, and while most of America is downloading Watch Dogs, the indie affair Garry's Mod is the most popular torrented game in the biggest state in the country. ...
"Game developers often look to other art forms (movies, books, TV) and try to model game stories after them. How can we merge systems and stories? How can we create systemic stories?" ...
We've compiled a list of our most popular GDC Europe stories this week, which should give you an easy way to catch up on some of the most interesting learnings to come out of the conference. ...
Everything you need to know about getting your game into the hands of YouTubers, summed up in a convenient and quick list format. ...
NYU educator Eric Zimmerman explains an exercise he uses with his game design students -- what you can learn from trying to modify a "broken" game. ...
GameMaker progenitor YoYo Games has officially opened its GameMaker: Marketplace for business after soft-launching a beta version of the asset store in July. ...
"I am sorry for not doing my homework to check out pre-existing properties, and that it looks like I was trying to steal from Studio Ghilbi. But here's what I'm not sorry for: I'm not sorry for any of the work that I've done." ...