Culture People Have Actually Pulled off Grand Theft Auto 3’s Stolen Taxi Hustle ToddMitchell, November 11, 2021July 11, 2024 …and a couple have gotten away. It’s one of the first suggestions you hear when you break loose in Liberty City: “Find” a taxi and go earn some money. Carjack a cab stopped in traffic, and you can transport NPCs until you get bored, run out of time, or the… Continue Reading
Gaming CD Projekt Red Has Been Hacked, But What’s the Point? ToddMitchell, February 9, 2021July 11, 2024 CD Projekt Red has revealed its servers were compromised in a targeted cyber attack, but even the hacker seems to acknowledge there isn’t much to accomplish. Continue Reading
Culture Opinion: Ori Director’s Potshots Are a Bad Look ToddMitchell, February 4, 2021July 11, 2024 A locked ResetEra post by Thomas Mahler is making the rounds because of its scathing industry commentary, and it’s not the first time he’s praised his own work by swinging at his peers. Continue Reading
Culture Founder Ken Williams Discusses the Time Sierra On-Line Game Developers Nearly Unionized in New Book ToddMitchell, October 7, 2020July 11, 2024 Sierra On-Line founder Ken Williams clearly stayed busy during the pandemic. Earlier in October he released a new book, Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings: The rise and fall of Sierra On-Line, which tells Sierra On-Line’s complete story from his perspective for the first time. In one Sierra story… Continue Reading
Culture Video Segment: Todd Talks Epic and Microsoft vs. Google and Apple on Fandom Unlimited ToddMitchell, August 29, 2020July 11, 2024 Todd calls in for Fandom Unlimited’s Facebook live stream to discuss the unfolding courtroom drama over Fortnite, mobile app stores, and the very souls of teenagers everywhere. Okay probably not that last one, but it could have major ramifications for Unreal Engine devs everywhere. Continue Reading
Game Development Thimbleweed Park Developer, Terrible Toybox, May Be Ramping Up Development ToddMitchell, August 18, 2020July 11, 2024 Are you a versatile art director seeking remote employment with a legendary team? That’s nice. Good luck! Everyone else rejoice, the Thimbleweed Park team rides again! Continue Reading
Culture How Sumner Redstone Nearly Put The Suffering on the Big Screen ToddMitchell, August 12, 2020July 11, 2024 Media magnate Sumner Redstone has passed away at age 97, reports the New York Times. During the course of his life, Redstone built an entertainment empire that included ownership of the National Amusements theater chain, ViacomCBS (and its many networks), and CBS Television Distribution. Here’s how his entrepreneurial maneuvering nearly… Continue Reading
Culture Mat Bradley-Tschirgi Returns ToddMitchell, July 3, 2020July 11, 2024 For those new to Mat Bradley-Tschirgi’s work, here are a few things you should know: he may be the leading authority on the work of notorious video game filmmaker Uwe Boll, he’s an accomplished game development educator, and he’s a prolific interviewer. During this episode, we follow up to hear… Continue Reading
Gaming New Release Roundup – 7/24/19 ToddMitchell, July 24, 2019July 11, 2024 This week is all about variety across gaming platforms. Here are the bests and worsts we’ll be contributing to the Nightfall Unlimited Podcast test show tonight! Continue Reading
Game Development Exclusive Footage of Ritual: Crown of Horns from the Creators of Serial Cleaner ToddMitchell, May 10, 2019July 11, 2024 We’re excited to chat with the Draw Distance development team (formerly iFun4All), developers of the super entertaining stealth puzzle game Serial Cleaner, for an upcoming episode of the #GameDev Breakdown Podcast! The team very kindly gave us an early build of their new game, Ritual: Crown of Horns and set… Continue Reading