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Join me into my very amateur foray into game psychology. When was the last time you played a bad game and you had to make it fun? When playing a first-person perspective game do you feel like you inhabit the character or merely moving a pawn around? Do we play as the characters or as gods?

In the spirit of BioShock: Infinite, here's a look at some concept art for 'Big' somethings that didn't make the grade.

Old style publishing of games in coming back in a large way. No longer is it the norm for a publisher to own an IP and have a studio work on it without some semblance of control over that property.

Some brief thoughts about how Western and Japanese development interact.

Paul Alexander's celebration of the independent spirit is as uplifting as it is inspirational!

It's become the chic, "smark" thing to claim the Japanese game industry. While indeed the West has become the leading force in games now, Japan hasn't died at all.

Developing video games is serious business. Here's why.

Point of Discussion: Is Japanese Game Development Dead?