Web of Games

A high-brow academic analysis of an increasingly contemporary issue.

"Texture, or the word made into gesture": article in French about the eponymous authoring system and how it shapes works created with it.

(on making experimental art tools and why it’s valuable for indie game devs to make them)

A clever solution for creating minimaps in a text-based roguelike that obeys a strict character grid, by using a kind of 4x zoom. Obviously that's not much, and not nearly as useful as what you can do in a graphical game. Like I did in mine, very easily, and to great effect.

Unusual history of the genre, starting around the time it began to be recognized as such and given a name. Lots of cane-waving and cries of "get off my lawn!" Worth a read anyway for the different perspective.

Why digital archaeology is hard.

A look at Hive Time's finances and pay-what-you-want pricing