Artistry in Games

Being a parent is an exhilarating and terrifying experience. There is nothing else quite like it in the world. Being a parent changes you and your perception of the world.…

Photorealistic graphics. Motion tracking. Character expression rendering. Virtual reality. Heck, even The Matrix doesn’t seem so far-fetched these days. In a culture of bigger, better, faster, more, it’s all too…

The Zelda series will probably make more than one appearance in this series, but I felt it only appropriate to start with my favorite and the most memorable game in…

For those of you that have had a hard time making it to either end of states for a PAX event, 2015 is going to be your year.  PAX South,…

It’s always a risky endeavor when a game developer decides to radically shake things up for a new entry in a popular franchise. On the one hand, big change can…

Dark Souls was one of the best RPGs of the last console generation. I have already written about how fantastic and unique Dark Souls is; today we will focus on the music of Dark…

You never know how scary the night is until you’re standing in the middle of a dark field, alone, with nothing but the howling of the wind and the faint…

Last week, Artistry in Games ran a piece by Suzanne Verras entitled ‘The Art of Video Games as Interactive Stories: Dear Esther’, which celebrated the acclaimed indie title. She argued…

Welcome to the maiden voyage of a new series here on Artistry in Games: Defining Moments in games. In this series, I’m going to be taking a look at some…

Evolution is a necessity for all things, especially in today’s entertainment industry, where companies must adapt to their audience’s preferences quickly or perish in their competitor’s wake. Since the first…