awesome-game-essays 🎮

Thoughtful and noteworthy links to awesome videogame "essay" kind of content. This repo is still WIP, feel free to submit an issue or submit a pull-request.

Index

• awesome-game-essays 🎮
  • Index
  • Interesting videos
  • Interesting articles
  • Interesting video channels
  • Rules for contributing

Interesting videos

• Thief vs. AAA Gaming
• The Early Days of Id Software - John Romero tells about how Id Software developed their games. The talk is more oriented towards game developers audience, but it's generally entertaining.
• "Games as a service" is fraud - an interesting case about GaaS.
• "Unionization, Steady Careers, and Generations of Games Culture" - interesting case about crunch and unionization in games industry.
• "The Most Profound Moment in Gaming History" and Part 2
• "The Secrets of GoldenEye's AI Revealed"
• Artificial Loneliness
• Caves of Qud Review
• You're Wrong About Cyberpunk 2077 | An Overdue Critique
• The Art of Doing Nothing
• What Went Wrong with Gaming?
• Video Game Pricing
• Games you can never play again.
• "Invisible" Sound Design in Breath of the Wild
• The Case Against Visual Fidelity

Know some interesting particular video to add here? Feel free to submit a Pull-request!

Interesting articles

• "What Metal Gear Solid 2 Teaches Us About The Information Age"
• "Death Stranding: The Kotaku Review"

Know some interesting particular written article to add here? Feel free to submit a Pull-request!

Interesting video channels

• gamedenker
• Farlands
• GameMakersToolkit
• 2kliksphilip / 3kliksphilip / kliksphilip
• UpIsNotJump
• Raycevick
• Super Bunnyhop
• BetterThanHunson
• LGR
• LowSpecGamer
• Jim Sterling
• YongYea
• Brackeys
• Ahoy
• Crowbcat
• videogamedunkey
• Design Doc
• Extra Credits
• GDC
• no-clip
• Game Score Fanfare
• MandaloreGaming
• Slim Tengi
• CryMor Gaming
• Thomas Brush
• NakeyJakey
• AI and Games
• Jacob Geller
• Max Derrat
• Steve of Warr
• The Cursed Judge
• Shesez / BoundaryBreak

Know some interesting channel to add here? Feel free to submit a Pull-request!

Rules for contributing

• Ensure relevance to video games and gaming industry.
• Provide thoughtful, well-researched contributions.
• Maintain respectful tone and avoid offensive language.
• No hate speech or discrimination allowed.
• Give proper attribution and avoid plagiarism.
• Follow repository's formatting and structure guidelines.
• Proofread and edit for grammar and spelling.