Video Games Theory

The theory and philosophy of games

Dan Pinchbeck

Context Let’s start by doing the common thing of saying Dan Pinchbeck is married to the great Jessica Curry. For those people who’ve been living in a cave for the past five years, Jessica Curry is the composer and director for The Chinese Room and she definitely will get her own post soon, when I (...)

Extra-Credits

Well, I spent X-mas either playing Final Fantasy VIII (again) or watching these guys and learning hell of a lot in the process. James Portnow I discovered this guy because I’m a freak. I spent the last month since opening this blog and possibly quite some time before trolling the internet in (...)

Ken Wong (from UsTwo)

Introduction A little while ago, I became very interested by this mobile game called Monument Valley. Listening to the Peter Pashley’s talk at the latest Nordic Game I was immediately fascinated by the environment and obviously the tech behind the game. However, I’m not here to talk about tech (...)

Jenova Chen

This is the first in a series of articles dedicated to video game theory and philosophy. I have been spending quite some time listening to video game creators talking about their craft, and the best people to listen to about something are definitely the people doing it. This week is Jenova (...)