It’s easy to forget just how much goes into creating incredible video games. A game’s story and gameplay are easy to appreciate, but behind every masterpiece are hundreds of expertly designed ...

Sixty years ago the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, NY held an open house. Visitors who toured the lab were treated to an interactive exhibit, a game titled Tennis for Two. The setup was ...

The Fourth Wall is an imaginary barrier between the game player and the space in which the game takes place. Narrative and The Fourth Wall provide two questions that must be asked of every UI ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. When a game is mostly hard because the UI is terrible, what happens when you start streamlining its interface?

RPG maker Atlus has become celebrated for the unique UI designs in its games, from the Persona series to the more recent fantasy epic Metaphor: ReFantazio. I spoke with Metaphor's UI designer Koji Ise ...

New console generations bring more powerful hardware and many new games. However, one of the less discussed but still very noticeable changes is those that happen to a console’s UI design. Consoles ...

Since launch many players have talked about the unintuitive Modern Warfare 2 UI design, and how it makes little to no sense for a Call of Duty game. Presented like some sort of streaming service ...