Aug 2, 2011

Audio designer and composer Jonathan van den Wijngaarden has had his share of broken illusions and fairy tales with no happy endings. After working at two of the Netherlands’ most promising studios that failed by aiming too high, he remains optimistic and takes the lessons learned into his own endeavors as a freelance audio designer and composer.  We sit...

Jul 29, 2011

Having played through Bastion and come out the other end with a praiseful grin on our collective face, Critical Gamer accosted writer and level designer, Greg Kasavin, for a chat about Supergiant Games and their latest release. Critical Gamer: Bastion is your first game, which means there’s a lot riding on it. Was it difficult balancing elements proven to...

Jul 25, 2011

Petroglyph President and Co-Founder Michael Legg has seen many sides of this industry in his career as a lead programmer and occasional designer. He’s most famous for his work at Westwood Studios, where he gathered 17 years of valuable experience and stories . After that, Legg decided to co-found his own studio; Petroglyph. With the majority of the studio...

Jul 22, 2011

Imagine LittleBigPlanet was a gorefest featuring all kinds of traps that cause the screen to be filled with blood. Bloody Trapland isn’t far off, but also brings a whole lot more to the table. This fast paced multiplayer platformer made by a couple of students from the Blekinge Institute of Technology recently caught my attention during the Nordic Game...

Jul 20, 2011

Award-winning casting director and creative direction consultant Khris Brown is considering a major shift in her career that might just be coming up with a new project she’s working on, but sadly can’t say anything about just yet. What we do know is that with two decades of experience in the game industry and with her own company KBA Voice...

Jul 12, 2011

Kenn Hoekstra, formerly an executive producer at Pi Studios and now president of Category 6 studios, jumped into the game industry after attaining a Bachelor’s degree in English with a minor in History, after which he moved on to become a restaurant manager. Hoekstra shares his stories about how he found his way into the industry, working at Raven...