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Punking Up the Game Scene: An Interview with The Bit Bash Interactive Arts Festival

The Xtreme Bit Bash (August 31, 6-10pm at the iO Theatre) aims to re-engage its community and continue contributing to Chicago's rich arts and culture scene through its distinctive blend of interactive entertainment and artistic expression.

Curating A Chinese Game Designer's Solo Show and Responding to GDC: What's This Antique Institution Really Up to?

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An Interview with the Curators from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

The Indie Game The Righteousness: SanGuo Co-Created With My Father

liangwandi1

I aim to share some of experiences and insights I've gained from the development process.

An Analysis of Perspectives’ Shaping of Narratives in Games and Art

egggrass

This essay mainly covers two examples—the puzzle game Samsara Room and the classical film Mulholland Drive, discussing the possibilities of application of perspectives from artistic and phenomenological standpoints, and further analyzing the application of perspective’s shaping on overall narratives.

An Idle RPG that Tries to Teach Players How to Program：Interview with the Lead Developer of SSRPG

ThirtyThree

Let's start with the amazing ASCII Art with the game's core creator Gabriel Santos.

Collaborative Development, Technology Exploration, and Game Distribution: Interview with Educator Tom Corbett

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indienova’s interview with Tom

Game Design of Creating Experiential Situations Interview with the Futurist Stuart Candy

Rashel

We talked about how games may be used to explore and broaden people’s understanding of possible futures.

Running an Arcade Bar in a Way of Operating an Art Gallery Interview with Mark Kleback

Rashel

Wonderville is an indie game arcade and bar in Brooklyn, New York, founded by husband-and-wife team Mark Kleback and Stephanie Gross.

Interview with Sam Barlow: From Her Story to IMMORTALITY

Rashel

This time the new story centers around a film star, Marissa Marcel, who only ever appeared in three unreleased movies, “Ambrosio,” “Minsky,” and “Two of Everything.” Then, Marissa Marcel disappeared. The player gets hooked by the untold stories and must explore clips to speculate on the complex mystery: why and how she disappeared.