A personal newsletter by game developer Glenn Fiedler, who writes about multiplayer game networking history from his Titanfall years and about the economics of game server bandwidth costs. Issues mix first-hand industry anecdotes with analysis of cloud hosting pricing changes.
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Design Room publishes long-form oral histories of video games, built from interviews with the people who made them, covering famous titles and obscure ones alike. Issues also include community features and occasional updates on the publication's paid tier and plans.
A developer's blog about building Owlbear Rodeo, a virtual tabletop for role-playing games, covering design decisions like map alignment tools, automatic fog detection, and reflections on the developer's early programming history. Readers get detailed insight into the tradeoffs and features behind a niche TTRPG software product.
Rami Ismail's recurring advice column on making games covers development, shipping, design craft and the business side of studios, answering reader questions from studio founders and developers. Readers get practical methods for finishing projects, reflections on what makes game moments memorable, and frameworks for handling perfectionism and decision-making.
Interviews and reported features with people working in and around video games, including developers and AI researchers. Recent issues cover the ARC-AGI-3 puzzle-game benchmark, Factorio's creator on AI coding tools, and the author's launch of a premium print magazine.
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