We talk to Rhianna Pratchett and Sketchbook Games' Mark Backler to get a look at Lost Words: Beyond the Page – a title built around words, in the most literal sense, to help impart a lesson about dealing with loss
Read More »Rhianna Pratchett: A lot of people fail to understand games writing
“It’s like thinking you know how to make cake because you like eating cake”
Read More »The MCV & Develop Podcast: Writing for games, with Rhianna Pratchett and Ed Fear
The scribes behind Tomb Raider, Mirror's Edge, Overload, Heavenstrike Rivals, Hatoful Boyfriend and more discuss advances in video game storytelling
Read More »Let’s talk about sexualisation in video games
With the line between what players and acceptable and offensive seemingly blurring, James Batchelor asks how devs can ensure they design characters without controversy
Read More »Kojima, Sweeney and Pratchett lead Nordic Game Conference line-up
Metal Gear Solid creator, Epic boss and Tomb Raider writer will be joined by Blizzard artist David Luong and Witcher 3 designer Matthew Seinke
Read More »‘We must all be better storytellers’
Rise of the Tomb Raider scribe Rhianna Pratchett explains why the whole development team should be working with games writers
Read More »Rhianna Pratchett: Stop bringing in writers too late during development
Tomb Raider, Mirror’s Edge and BioShock scribe urges creators to respect the need for narrative as much as core gameplay
Read More »Rise of the Tomb Raider wins Writers Guild prize for best games writing
Sequel to reboot of adventure franchise sees off competition from Pillars of Eternity, Assassin’s Creed and The Witcher
Read More »Mobilising storytelling: How Space Ape and Rhianna Pratchett are shaking up narrative in mobile games
When the creators of Samurai Seige decided to build Rival Kingdoms, the team wanted to balance gameplay with narrative depth – which is why acclaimed games writer Rhianna Pratchett took her pen to the project
Read More »New Overlord title teased
Rhianna Pratchett seemingly back on board with Codemasters' wacky fantasy series
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