Before it was cool to sneak around in the dark with a flashlight shining on your back, the face of stealth gaming was a thief named Garrett who lurked in the shadows of a steampunk city. Looking Glass Studios released Thief: The Dark Project in 1998 and redefined the genre,...

Chris Parsons of Muzzy Lane Software drops by to discuss their grand strategy game Making History II. While on "The Playground," we explore the relationship of movie writing to game writing. And the return of "Pansy or Not Pansy."

"The one biggest thing is to stimulate the player's imagination and hint at things rather than showing them. The horror that can be created in a player's mind will also be able to have more impact than whatever a modeler can create in our engine."

Matt Chat is an ongoing video series hosted by Matt Barton. He looks at a game's "masterpiece, inspiration, and legacy" in each episode.

Round up all these changes and additions and we might have the most accessible Civilization yet.

Marketing a game only towards people with high-end gaming PCs is less accessible, and thus, less profitable. It should be in the interest of developers to balance accessibility with profit and creativity for an even balance.

Matt Chat is an ongoing video series hosted by Matt Barton. He looks at a game's "masterpiece, inspiration, and legacy" in each episode.

Spread out over a wide street, the amount of NPC's and props is staggering. Almost no window, wall, or person is untouched by the glow of the yellow and orange neon advertisements laden across this world.

Deus Ex turns 10 years old today. Joined by "Deus Experts" Jonas Wæver (The Nameless Mod) and Lewis Denby (Executive Editor of BeefJack.com), we look at what makes the game so special.

It feels as though The Tomb of Sammun-Mak is holding back. After all the creative ideas at work in the previous episode, what we're given here is best left on the cutting room floor. Unfortunately, the derivative puzzles and ancillary story and aren't glossed over with the slick presentation.