Oral History of Gaming
How to Write a Blockbuster Video Game, All Four Scripts of It: Video
Most people assume that writing a video game is a simple affair of level-by-level description—but most people are wrong.
Motherboard TV: Babycastles, the DIY Arcade
Tucked between a bodega and a bar in a former industrial neighborhood on the border of Brooklyn and Queens, an unassuming door leads to New York’s newest, most radical punk scene. But the slouched-over kids and bearded scenesters who slide into the...
Oral History of Gaming: Ralph Baer, Inventor of Video Games
Back in the late 60s, German-born gadgeteer Ralph Baer began inventing what later became known as video games.
Oral History of Gaming: Alex Rigopulos
When he was leaving the M.I.T. Media Lab in 1995, Alex Rigopulos and his classmates decided they wanted to make music-making accessible to the masses. Inspired by a couple of Japanese game designers (and yes, the legendary "PaRappa the Rapper":http...
Brian Gibson: Lightning Bolt Bassist By Night, Video Game Designer By Day
To brew his distinctive earth-crunching, head-banging bass sounds for the monumental noise band Lightning Bolt, Brian Gibson constructs some of the most complex playing techniques and pedal arrangements known to rock.
Oral History of Gaming: Eric Zimmerman and the Century of Play
He may be associated with bratty, hair-pulling sadism, but Eric Zimmerman is just playing around. And yet, as an accomplished game designer, artist, and philosopher of gaming, Eric doesn't take play lightly. Zoning into a screen with a joystick in hand...