By Patricia Hernandez Developer Supergiant Games has released its hotly anticipated sequel to 2020’s Hades in an early-access, unfinished state – but its powers are already godlike. Time comes for us all, and in Hades II, even the gods are not spared its wrath. This epic Greek-mythology-themed action game is…
By Jini Maxwell In 2020, Hades took the world of games by storm. The latest from Supergiant games, the narrative-driven, roguelike-inspired action RPG (try saying that ten times fast) drew praise on basically every front: Hades won awards across categories as diverse as direction, design, voice acting, artistic achievement, narrative, and LGBT representation. On…
by Eric Lorberer When last we sat down with the prolific Neil Gaiman, he had just published American Gods, a novel that introduced his already acclaimed storytelling skills to the realms of bestsellerdom. Since then he’s released an astonishing array of work, including the young adult novel Coraline, the graphic novels 1602 and The Sandman:…
By Screenskills What does a storyboard artist do? Storyboard artists help the head of story create a visual representation of the animation’s narrative. Storyboard artists translate the script and the director’s vision into pictures. They produce a series of panels of images to plan the shots and ensure continuity between…
By Disney Pixar Directing a sequel to Inside Out — one of the most popular and acclaimed films in the history of Pixar — is tough. Directing a sequel to Inside Out after the original was directed by Pete Docter — the Chief Creative Officer of Pixar — is even tougher. But this was…
By The WGAW Podcast In this episode, Ahsoka creator and Mandalorian writer Dave Filoni talks about expanding the Star Wars universe, his new role as Lucasfilm’s Chief Content Officer, and more.
By NetEase Games A new story quest expansion, “Memory of Ashes: Part One”. Starting from the threads of the story, we progressively advance the exploration of space and dimension, getting ever closer to the ultimate truth.
By Netease & Moge Studio
By Daniel McCoy Ragnarok is the cataclysmic destruction of the cosmos and everything in it – even the gods. When Norse mythology is considered as a chronological set of tales, the story of Ragnarok naturally comes at the very end. For the Vikings, the myth of Ragnarok was a prophecy of what was to come…
By Michael Arndt Analysis of the First Acts of Toy Story, Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles.
