Issue 2

Laura E. Hall converses with Katamari Damacy and Wattam creator Keita Takahashi to explore the wild, colourful and wonderful creations he has made as both an artist and a game developer over his creative life.

Award winning independent game developer Jenny Jiao Hsia tells us about how the practice of journaling has directly informed her development, both in games and outside of them.

Simon Parkin sits down with Tetsuya Mizuguchi, creator of Rez, Space Channel 5 and Tetris Infinite, to give us a biographical interview in which Mizuguchi reflects on his peerless and myriad experiments fusing music and sound with cutting-edge aesthetics.

John Ricciardi, co-founder of localisation company 8-4 Ltd., discusses how he uses videogames as an escape while reminiscing about his personal history with one of the medium's oldest and most beloved series, Dragon Quest.

Amanda Yeo sits down with Team Cherry's Ari Gibson and William Pellen to discuss their journey together as developers, plotting out their evolution from game design hobbyists to creators of one of the most beloved and esteemed metroidvanias ever made.

Fresh after finishing a grueling solo videogame project, Joakim 'Konjak' Sandberg muses upon the highs, lows and lessons learned from the near- decade he spent creating indie action platformer, Iconoclasts.