Videogames

The Legend of Zelda just got a whole lot bigger — Like all my fellow gamer-nerd brethren, I’ve been playing the new Legend of Zelda Switch game, Tears of the Kingdom, pretty much nonstop since it arrived a couple weeks ago. The long-awaited sequel expands the open world of Hyrule in three dimensions, inherently changes fundamental game mechanics, and tugs on…

In the second part of this series on the Game Designer profession, we delve into practical aspects of the role: dealing with documentation, reference boards and mood boards, technical considerations, narrative, and more. In the first part of this series (which you can read HERE), we discussed the basics of…

It is 30th of May. We’re almost reached the summer. Let’s go! I don’t know why I decided to write about this particular game. It’s not very good. It barely has something to do with the original Resident Evil. I played it from start to finish only twice or thrice…

It’s an unfortunate truth that when intellectual properties (IPs) expand, their greatness dilutes. Star Wars. Terminator. Lord of the Rings. Each of these franchises have become subjectively worse as they have attempted to grow their audience by building on the mythos that originally made them great. As Monster Hunter has…

NVIDIA has released ULMB 2 technology — it improves image clarity in scenes with fast movement! Engineers say that effective motion clarity can reach over 1000 Hz. — The announcement of Ultra Low Motion Blur 2 (ULMB 2) took place at Computex 2023 — this is an improved version of the technology that NVIDIA first introduced in 2015, but then it failed to gain popularity. ULMB 2 is designed to improve the clarity of the picture in…

Recently, there has been news circulating about the uncertainty surrounding the highly anticipated The Last of Us multiplayer game developed by Naughty Dog. Let’s delve into the concerns raised by industry insiders and speculate on the future of Naughty Dog delivering a successful live service experience. Development Timeline of the The Last of Us Part 2 Multiplayer

It is 29th of May. It is evening, and I just wrote almost 2k words for my third book. Even though I promised myself, I would quickly write 500, and that’s going to be it. Well, apparently, it wasn’t. What can I say? Sometimes I don’t know why I’m doing…

Welcome to another IntoTheVerse Journal! — A metaverse that is focused on creating utility, impact and provides players with total control. “With the metaverse we are transitioning from viewing a 2D world looking at the internet, to living inside the internet in a 3D world.” (Dave Waters) What is a Metaverse? A metaverse is a virtual reality space where users…

Final Fantasy 5 has an incredible Job system. It’s been talked about a lot, but I REALLY feel compelled to talk about it too, because its execution has stuck with me ever since I played it for the first time, and I absolutely adore how it advanced the Job system…