Artistry in Games

Ambition is a word I feel has been lacking at times in the discussion of video games these days. Some games may have an ambitious idea, but as a whole,…

The video game industry doesn’t really understand women that well. There are a lot fewer women making games than there are men, and a lot fewer women being represented by…

So much gray. So much brown. So much black. That’s been the story of modern gaming ever since the push for “gritty realism” became a focal point of Triple A…

Reading about a pair of girls who tried to murder their friend in order to meet Slenderman, I was struck by two things. One, while it is a tragic story,…

I’m going to blow your mind right now. Ready? Women. Play. Video Games. I KNOW… I know. Hard to believe, right? At least, I get the feeling it’s hard for…

And onward we travel, into the second half of Artistry in Games’ E3 conference wrap-up! We already covered Microsoft, Ubisoft, and EA in part one, and now it’s time to…

E3 2014 is finally upon us. The event affectionately referred to as “Gamer Christmas” is in full swing, and it’s brought with it a handful of new games and big surprises…

Beauty is only skin deep. While the phrase may have been coined with people in mind, it applies to video games as well. While a game may look gorgeous or…

Meridian: A New World is a sci-fi real time strategy game being developed by the one man team of Elder Games. Yes, this is a one man team making an RTS game.…

As video games continue to mature as a storytelling medium, we see more and more people come forward and try to tackle sensitive subjects through the medium. Everything from cancer,…