August 13, 2021
How a team of three created a narrative masterpiece in The Forgotten City
The Forgotten City started life as a robust mod created by one person for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, but…
Category: Video Games
July 26, 2021
Video Game Expos and Covid
This year hasn’t really seen any in-person gaming expos yet, but that’s set to change fairly soon. Looking over more…
July 14, 2021
The Fans, Devs, and Remake of Real-Time Strategy Classic LEGO Rock Raiders
The LEGO Rock Raiders video game is as odd and fun to play with as the theme set upon which…
July 7, 2021
Roblox Meets Minecraft in China’s LEGO Cube
In many ways, LEGO Cube is the ultimate realization of what the LEGO Group is trying to achieve with its games. It delivers…
June 30, 2021
Rocket Racer, Veronica Voltage, and the Legend of LEGO Racers
LEGO Racers started life in a digital brick vacuum. High Voltage Software founder Kerry Ganofsky became obsessed with the idea of creating a…
June 23, 2021
Myth, Maori, and a Brain Tumor: The BIONICLE Saga
For a time, LEGO® BIONICLE was a transmedia giant, standing knee-deep in an ocean of successful properties: 70 books, 50 comics and graphic…
June 16, 2021
How LEGO City Undercover Changed the Face of LEGO Games
Before it was a hidden gem packed with pop culture referential humor, hundreds of unique drivable vehicles, and a living open world, LEGO® City Undercover…
June 9, 2021
SimCity Inspired a Living LEGO Railway Video Game
Birds chirp, cars beep, a plane soars by toting a sign. A train huffs and chugs along tracks that cut over roads and through tiny towns bustling with activity. More SimCity…
June 2, 2021
The Amazing Spider-Stan Theme Song That Almost Was
Somewhere, tucked away on a server – perhaps on a Helicarrier adrift above Manhattan – are the doleful tones of Stan Lee singing “Spider-Stan.” It’s likely we’ll never hear it,…
May 26, 2021
How Nintendo Inspired LEGO Brawls’ mix-and-bash
Before LEGO® Brawls was a frenzied clash of minifigure mashups, Red Games Co. was designing a game much more like classic mobile runners Fun Run and Jet Pack Joyride, the developers said in…