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BuckGB
April 24, 2016

Why is Video Game Lore So Awful?

In a new editorial posted over the weekend, Eurogamer points to the way in which lore is delivered to us in video games, calling out several examples where it falls considerably short of their expectations. Their examples of good and…

BuckGB
April 22, 2016

The Evolution of Stealth Games

Gameranx has put together a 12-minute video covering “the evolution of stealth games”, and while that means that it includes quite a few non-RPG titles, they’ve reserved a few well-deserved spots for the Deus Ex series, the Thief series, and…

BuckGB
March 26, 2016

The Elder Scrolls: A Romance

The editors over at IG Critic recount “the romance” that we’ve had with Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls series since it debuted in 1994, from the initial impressions that Arena left us with to the awe-inspiring, dragon-battling moments of Skyrim. The article…

BuckGB
March 22, 2016

The History of The Elder Scrolls Series

The editors at The Armchair Empire Infinite have penned a history of The Elder Scrolls series, taking us through the franchise’s humble beginnings with Arena, its two RPG-lite side projects, and the remainder of its installments until its latest entry,…

WorstUsernameEver
March 20, 2016

Todd Howard on Building Open Worlds that Reward Curiosity

Gamasutra has published a brief article-style interview with Bethesda Game Studios game director Todd Howard that covers the principles Howard and his team use when developing their open-world titles. Most of these principles are pretty obvious to anyone who’s played their…

WorstUsernameEver
March 10, 2016

Todd Howard on Lifetime Achievement Award, Bethesda’s Projects, Turning Down Movie Deals

The folks at GamesIndustry have published a long chat with Bethesda game director Todd Howard that spans a number of subjects, from the Lifetime Achievement award he’s going to receive at GDC, to Bethesda and Howard’s future projects and aspirations.…

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March 5, 2016

The Elder Scrolls: Skywind Mod Dev Diary #4

The modding team that’s currently working on the ambitious Skywind, a reimagining of the original The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind in Skyrim’s engine, has published a new development update video to let us know where they stand in terms of…

WorstUsernameEver
February 29, 2016

Heroes Don’t Craft

Richard Cobbett has penned an analysis – more of a rant, really – of crafting in RPGs and other video games that comes to a simple, very basic conclusion: heroes don’t craft. Cobbett’s comical frustrations aside, many complaints in the piece…

WorstUsernameEver
February 19, 2016

Bethesda Has Three Big Projects in Development Concurrently

During his conversation with comedian Pete Holmes at this year’s DICE, Todd Howard revealed that the team at Bethesda Game Studios is currently working on three “longer-term projects” that will be “in many ways” different from anything the studio has…

WorstUsernameEver
February 12, 2016

Why Are RPGs so Hard to Classify and Evolve?

Felipe Pepe, driving force and editor behind the upcoming CRPG Book, has shared an editorial/rant (by his own admission) on Gamasutra. In the article, Pepe traces a brief history of role-playing video games to explain why the genre is so…