Long form articles related to gaming and gaming culture. Deep dives, post mortems, interviews, etc. It is inspired (and some of the links discovered thanks to) by Simon Carless's (Twitter: https://twitter.com/simoncarless Webpage: https://www.simoncarless.com) Video Game Deep Cuts newsletter (not active anymore, although he has a new newsletter: http://newsletter.gamediscover.co).

The bizarre, true story of Metal Gear Solid’s English translation

(Jeremy Blaustein, Polygon)

https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/2019/7/18/20696081/metal-gear-solid-translation-japanese-english-jeremy-blaustein

Keita Takahashi on Wattam and the Superfluousness of Video Games

(Caty McCarthy, VG247)

https://www.vg247.com/keita-takahashi-on-wattam-and-the-superfluousness-of-video-games

When MMOs shut down: the final moments of beloved genre giants

(Carrie Talbot, PCGamesN)

https://www.pcgamesn.com/asherons-call/mmo-shut-down

Ice, snow, and terrible internet – what it’s like to play PC games in Antarctica

(Ali Jones, PCGamesN)

https://www.pcgamesn.com/gaming-antarctica

How Truck Simulator’s resident radio station became as big as the rigs

(Jeremy Peel, PCGamesN)

https://www.pcgamesn.com/euro-truck-simulator-2/american-truck-simulator-truckers-fm

Street Fighter: The Movie: The game: An oral history

(Matt Leone, Polygon)

https://www.polygon.com/2021/3/1/22296705/street-fighter-the-movie-the-game-an-oral-history

The Making of Snoopy Tennis

(Alexander Hughes, Medium)

https://sidequestions.medium.com/making-snoopy-tennis-nintendo-gameboy-color-infogrames-mermaid-11bed971526d

Yuzo Koshiro: Legendary game composer, family business owner

(Jeremy Parish, Polygon)

https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/6/19/15819622/yuzo-koshiro-legendary-game-composer-family-business-owner

How Untitled Goose Game adapted Debussy for its dynamic soundtrack

(Dami Lee, The Verge)

https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/23/20879792/untitled-goose-game-nintendo-switch-debussy

How Do You Make a Game?: A Look at Design Documents Throughout History

(Ethan Johnson, The history of How We Play)

https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/2018/06/16/how-do-you-make-a-game-a-look-at-design-documents-throughout-history/

Sorcerian, The Most Groundbreaking JRPG You've Never Played

(John Szczepaniak, Time Extension)

https://www.timeextension.com/features/the-making-of-sorcerian-the-most-groundbreaking-jrpg-youve-never-played

How Earth Defense Force went from bargain bin to blockbuster

(Sam Byford, Polygon)

https://www.polygon.com/features/2019/4/9/18300753/earth-defense-force-iron-rain-history

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