Rachael (she/her) has been in love with all things video games for more years than she cares to remember. Her previous roles include being a staff writer, senior editor, and also the head of culture ...

Jared is a writer, editor, and Communications Studies graduate who loves popular nerd culture (almost anything to do with Marvel, DC, Star Wars, or The Lord of the Rings) and the interactive ...

Great mobile game design is a little like a great film soundtrack – if it’s done well, you shouldn’t notice it. Unfortunately, this also makes it all too easy to overlook the amazing detail that goes ...

Less is more. That's the advice Nintendo's Takashi Tezuka, who's worked on dozens of Super Mario games since 1985's Super Mario Bros., offered when I asked him what makes a good Mario level. "In Mario ...

Following our hands-on with LittleBigPlanet 2 at the game's London reveal last week, we sat down with level designer Vitcor Agren to quiz him on influences and style. Victor's been with Media Molecule ...

A pillow fort serves as a defensive stronghold for a grease-stained pizza box and a treasure trove of X-Files VHS tapes. But something feels amiss; the whine of an emergency broadcast rings out over ...

A game lives or dies on its level design. When you think about it, most of a game's mechanics revolve around how the player interacts with the environment around them. From ambiance and world building ...