I'm currently studying computer game development with Train2Game in the UK and am in the middle of my first portfolio piece. This is a dress-rehearsal for the portfolio I'll eventually be marked on...

Ever wondered what Minecraft would look like in real life? Of course you have. Check out Pixel Passion, a video over on Machinima of just such a thing. I enjoy most fan-made vids, and this one's pa...

Christmas is a time for tuning out the ones you love by playing lots of games. Ah no, just kidding. But it is normally a work-free zone where you get to catch up on your gaming, and this year was n...

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My good mate Richard Doran-Sherlock has teamed up with James Walmsley, Megan Riordan and Robin Ball for a new project called Dictator. I went along to their debut gig in The Workman's Club. They ha...

Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test. - GlaDOS If you're interesting in seeing what a game studio looks like from the inside, I'd recommend taking a look at t...

I had the great pleasure of seeing a talk by Jim Sheridan last weekend at the Catalyst Project on the subject of film openings. I've met Jim a few times and I'm always struck by how instinctual and...

I've always admired Lenny Abrahamson, ever since he took the time to chat to myself and some friends in UCD at a FilmSoc event around screening his exceptional first feature Adam and Paul. He's a c...

It feels a little gauche to be delivering pro tips for game development when I'm a neophyte, but I've come across a helpful approach that I'll be revisiting for the foreseeable future, and I'd like...

Good news! Ben "Yahtzee" Crowshaw has made a game. If you don't know who he is, then you are in for a treat. He keeps a rightly successful video blog called Zero Punctuation over on The Escapist, a...