level design

‘Dark Souls’, Bicycles, and Level Design

‘Dark Souls’, Bicycles, and Level Design

How well could you draw a map of your favorite video game level?
Playing Sophisticated Trash: ‘Duke Nukem 3D’ and the History of the First Person Shooter

Playing Sophisticated Trash: ‘Duke Nukem 3D’ and the History of the First Person Shooter

Trashy gameplay calls for trashy presentation, and sophisticated gameplay calls for sophisticated presentation. However, Duke Nukem 3D is a game that is constantly in tension between these two principles.