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Rich Soils: The Relaxing Joy of Farming Simulator

Some months back, I wrote a love letter to SCS’s Euro Truck Simulator 2 — still one of my favorite relaxing gaming experiences.

4d ago

Rich Soils: The Relaxing Joy of Farming Simulator

4d ago

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Nuts and Bolts: Great Tools for Indie Game Developers

Over my long career, I’ve developed a short list of game development principles. The list is pretty short because one of the principles is…

Jul 10

Nuts and Bolts: Great Tools for Indie Game Developers

Jul 10

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Musings on Malazan: The Best Fantasy Series You Haven’t Read

I regularly take a break at the end of June, escaping the Texas heat for the glories of summer in rural New Hampshire where much of my…

Jul 3

Musings on Malazan: The Best Fantasy Series You Haven’t Read

Jul 3

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Scree Summer Roundup: Quick Takes on Hot Games

June marks a year since the unfortunate closure of BonusXP. For me personally, it marks a year of full-time consulting — a second…

Jun 19

Scree Summer Roundup: Quick Takes on Hot Games

Jun 19

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Robot Overlords: Developing Games in a Future of Generative AI

The game industry — and the world in general — continues to grapple with the implications of increasingly-impressive generative AI…

Jun 12

Robot Overlords: Developing Games in a Future of Generative AI

Jun 12

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Once More With Feeling: Building Game Sequels and Remakes

One of the games I’ve worked on that I’m most proud of was the first Orcs Must Die! game. It was a modest title built by a small team that…

Jun 5

Once More With Feeling: Building Game Sequels and Remakes

Jun 5

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Hot Elf Summer: The Return of Family Dungeons & Dragons

My fourteen-year-old son just finished eighth grade, which means next year I’ll have a high schooler in the house. I’m finding the prospect…

May 29

Hot Elf Summer: The Return of Family Dungeons & Dragons

May 29

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Spring Cleaning: Tidying-Up Time for the Game Industry

I spent a little time over the weekend playing Ker Nethalas. It’s a solo-focused pen-and-paper dungeon crawler, thematically dark with a…

May 15

Spring Cleaning: Tidying-Up Time for the Game Industry

May 15

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Balancing Act: Making Great Difficulty Levels in Video Games

The current monster title laid out on the table in my office is Folklore: The Affliction from Greenbriar Games. It’s typical of my solo…

May 8

Balancing Act: Making Great Difficulty Levels in Video Games

May 8

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Lessons from the Wasteland: Why Amazon’s Fallout is a Great Adaptation

By any metric — critical acclaim, viewership, or audience reaction — Amazon’s live-action series is an enormous success.

Apr 24

Lessons from the Wasteland: Why Amazon’s Fallout is a Great Adaptation

Apr 24

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The Scree Games blog posts new content on Tuesdays at ScreeGames.com. We write about the game industry and related topics of interest to developers.

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