Interview with Coil developer Edmund McMillen.
Why did you decide not to include any “instruction or clear direction” with Coil?
Well the basic idea behind Coil is there are no instructions because there are no instructions in life. I think people get more out of experiencing something firsthand without help than having someone hold their hand through the process. That’s the basic premise of what I was trying to do with Coil.
I think having no instructions makes a game feel magical and is more rewarding to the player when they know they have figured something out for themselves.
Play Coil.
Joystick Division interviews a man who has done more harm than good to the games journalism industry.
Technically, gaming news and review site GameCyte.com isn’t owned by TriplePoint PR – “the leading international agency serving the interactive entertainment industry” – despite many sources’ allegations.
But it turns out the truth isn’t any better.
Ace detective work by one Gary Hodges.
Pretty fantastic roundtable about The Wire, including David Simon, Wendell “The Bunk” Pierce, Clarke “Freamon” Peters, Clark Johnson, Seth “Carver” Gilliam, and Richard Price.
The Museum of the Moving Image has a ton of talks and interviews with fascinating people. Here are a few others: PT Anderson & Daniel Day-Lewis, Brad Bird, Kenneth Branagh & Michael Caine (‘cause I love me some Michael Caine).
I just received the first Rock Band Community Zine entry in my email containing the announcement that Rush’s album Moving Pictures will be released August 26th as a full album download.
I’m not a huge Rush fan in general, but I’m a massive fan when it comes to playing their songs in Rock Band. Harmonix also has a two-part interview here and here.
John Carmack interview from QuakeCon 2008.
He’s a real truthspeaker.
Guy plays 235 songs in Rock Band straight through for 26 hours straight.
An interview with Spore’s Soren Johnson.
Part one of a two part interview with Rockstar’s Aaron Garbut, art director on GTA IV. Part two is here.
Long, candid interview with Dan Houser, creative VP from Rockstar.
Today’s edition of GFW Radio features Warren Spector, creator of System Shock, Thief, Ultima VII: Serpent Isle, and of course Deus Ex.
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Interview with Clark Johnson. Johnson plays Augustus Haynes, city desk editor of the Baltimore Sun, on season 5 of The Wire.
He starred in Homicide: Life on the Street, as well as The Wire. I’m interested in watching some Homicide… I’m almost finished with David Simon’s book upon which the series was based, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets.
One on one with the one and only Omar Little.
About the scar…
“It was my 25th birthday, I was in a bar, shit got hot, drinking, then words got exchanged and bottom line, there was more of them then there was of me, dudes had razors in their mouths and I got cut. Wrong place, wrong time basically. Wrong drink. That definitely woke me up. That definitely was a life altering experience. I almost died that night.”
The AV Club has an interesting feature up right now on Anthony Bourdain, host of No Reservations on the Travel Channel.
Last year I read his book, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, in which he fully exposes the realities of the restaurant business. His philosophy is fascinating, and his personality makes for great writing and television.
The Believer has another interview with David Simon about where he’s going with the 5th season of The Wire.
“MY STANDARD FOR VERISIMILITUDE IS SIMPLE AND I CAME TO IT WHEN I STARTED TO WRITE PROSE NARRATIVE: FUCK THE AVERAGE READER.” -David Simon
