Feature: Applying Basic Art Practices To Game Design

While the old "are video games art?" argument is a well-trodden debate with some opposing viewpoints, it's virtually inarguable that making video games often involves artistic talent and practices. Rob Kay -- currently with Wii MotionPlus developer AiLive, and formerly of Harmonix -- and game designer Andy Tudor explained in a Gamasutra feature how their art backgrounds and learned art practices ...

Tell us how you really feel: Video-game controller redesigns

Microsoft's reveal of a new design for its Xbox 360 controller presents a perfect opportunity for us to ask if any other controllers could use a tweak or two...or a dozen, if your Tweets were any indication.

Game on at Abilene Christian University

Imagine working for Pixar Films and being part of the creative team the developed “ Toy Story 3” or “ The Incredibles ” or developing another level for the video game “Halo” or “Gears of War.”That is just what 20 students at Abilene Christian University are doing as they minor in a fairly new curriculum — Digital Entertainment Technology — where students learn everything from developing computer ...

In-Depth: What The (Game) Papers Say - August 2010, Pt.2

['Game Mag Weaseling' is a weekly column by Kevin Gifford which documents the history of video game magazines, from their birth in the early '80s to the current day. This time -- an analytical look at the latest video game magazines released in the last couple of weeks.] Interesting things are afoot in the magazine world -- John Davison leaving GamePro after less than a year, for example -- but ...

Game of the Month: August 2010

When we weren't at beach bonfires, we were playing these games.