Creating a successful game is an art. There are many elements that must be integrated effectively, including the characters. Character design plays a critical role in the success of a game; the way ...

Ever since Jonathan first laid his eyes on level 1-1 in Super Mario Bros., he has been hooked on all things video games. A self-proclaimed Nintendo nerd, Jonathan has owned every single Nintendo ...

Nintendo offers its Switch owners the opportunity to design games for themselves and others with Game Builder Garage, a programming game built in-house at Nintendo. It’s less a game in the strictest ...

Nick is a freelance writer from Chicago, IL, with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His lifelong belief in the artistic power of video games led him to ...

This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. "Your game is annoying," one student at the Be the Game summer camp tells another. The ...

Paulina Raguimov never expected to get paid to make video games when she walked into her high school’s career fair at 16. She played them, sure. But when she walked up to the JumpStart booth to chat ...

Drexel University’s major in Game Design & Production is a full-time undergraduate program that prepares students for exciting careers in video game design, consumer gaming, corporate enterprise, ...

As a fan of creative platformers, Super Mario Maker is a dream come true for me, with thousands of amazing user-created levels to conquer. With such an intuitive interface and its progression-based ...