Opinion: A tale of two towns
Are all clones really equal? Graham McAllister examines the differences in player experience between Yeti Town and Triple Town.
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Opinion: Welcome to Amalur
From cellophane to opening cutscene, it's as if Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning doesn't seem to care about you playing it.
9Out There: Is dumbing down ruining videogames?
Are overbearing tutorials and handholding destroying the magic? Plus playing fever dreams and shooting Skyrim.
2Tim Schafer on Happy Action Theatre
The Double Fine founder tells us why working with young children and hot lava results in fertile creative ground.
1Making games available to all
Accessibility charity SpecialEffect explains how it helps players with disabilities to enjoy games.
Wrong is often right
The best playtesters are often those developers think as the wrong players of their games, says Graham McAllister.
1Opinion: Getting to know you
Games should better understand their players, says Graham McAllister - and he thinks he has the answer to how.
Opinion: A two-screen future
Wii U has the potential to shake up the social gaming experience, says Graham McAllister.
6Gran Turismo 5: A brief history
With its first DLC and Spec 2.0 update now live, we examine how the real racing simulator has evolved since launch.
Why don't we finish games?
We all start with the best intentions, but somehow things often go awry. What's the problem, asks usability expert Graham McAllister.
11Unity: Rapid mobile evolution offers "diminishing returns"
Nicholas Francis, CCO of game development tools company Unity Technologies, has told Gamesindustry.biz that he believes rapidly improving mobile hardware specs will soon yield "diminishing returns" for game developers. While handsets are becoming more powerful all the time - a testament to which is the recent announcement that Grand Theft Auto III will be released for Android and iOS devices later this month - Francis questioned how relevent all that horsepower is for mobile games. More >
Five perspectives on OnLive
Usability expert Graham McAllister reviews the cloud gaming service that offers an entirely new way to experience videogames.
7Unity confirms 3.5 features
Unity Technologies has used its Unite 11 conference to confirm which of the features it announced in July will be added to Unity3D in its forthcoming 3.5 update. More >
Why are tutorials terrible?
Graham McAllister on the art of teaching and how Modern Warfare 2 gets it so right.
9Biometrics - the future of videogames?
Graham McAllister maps out the opportunities and pitfalls that lie ahead if games were to know how you feel.
Plants Vs Zombies: Introduction to perfection
Graham McAllister presents the five reasons why Plants Vs Zombies is a masterclass in experience design.
1Kudo Tsunoda on Kinect
Microsoft's creative director talks control accuracy, learning real world skills and modding.
Opinion: The difficulty with digital stores
Usability expert Graham McAllister runs a teenager through the PSN Store and Xbox Marketplace - but no one gets a bargain.
17Opinion: Better games through playtesting
But the process can be tough. Graham McAllister charts the five stages of grief playtesting can put developers through.
Modern Warfare 3 includes colour blind assist mode
Sledgehammer Games VP and COO Michael Condrey has revealed, in a response to a player's question on the studio's blog, that Modern Warfare 3 will offer a Colour Blind Assist mode. "[The number of people with Colour Vision Deficiency varies] depending on which source you quote, but we estimate that nearly a million gamers are playing Call Of Duty every day with this issue," he writes. Modern Warfare 3 is due for release on November 8.
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