Issue 3

An insightful celebration of Tunic and the concept of the videogame manual, physical companions to digital worlds. The piece is presented as a fantastical tome, with insights from Paul Kirsch and Philip Summers, along with Tunic’s creator Andrew Shouldice.

The legendary composer tells us about the music that shaped her life. This wonderful collaboration features a foreword from Mohammed Taher, director at Brave Wave Productions, alongside synaesthetic responses to the selected songs by Molly Mendoza.

The videogame medium's very own man of mystery Shu Takumi pulls back the curtain on a career spent surprising and delighting players around the world through the puzzling narratives of Ace Attorney, Ghost Trick and more.

Hiroyuki Sakamoto has worked on the Yakuza series as a producer and director for close to two decades. Gita Jackson speaks with him about how this once niche series of Japanese crime dramas has now grown a gigantic following worldwide.

Ben Bertoli gives us journey into the story and psyche of Tim Schafer, founder of Double Fine Productions. An upfront and earnest exploration of both Schafer's career and how to look after a creative mind when working on videogames, complete with a series of ‘Rorschafe’ tests.

Twenty-six years after PaRappa the Rapper’s initial release, American artist Rodney Alan Greenblat reflects on the creation of the iconic beanie-wearing dog, a character that first launched a videogame genre into the mainstream, then defined his career.