Papers, Please creator Lucas Pope no longer feels comfortable talking about work-in-progress games: ‘the situation just feels different’

Papers, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn creator Lucas Pope spoke about what he’s working on next⁠—and why we’re not hearing about it⁠ more—on the latest episode of Mike & Rami Are Still Here, the podcast of Nuclear throne developer Rami Ismail and No More Robots founder Mike Rose. Though Pope said he typically…

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OpenFridge EP 73: (Vertical) Pinball At The Zoo | Pinball at The Movies | Pickle Power 📱

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OpenFridge EP 73: Pinball At The Zoo | Pinball at The Movies | Pickle Power

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Something’s amiss in the US, Part 1

The Colossus of Maroussi, Henry Miller’s travelogue of Greece, was meant to inspire my visit to Heraklion’s Video Games Museum but teargas blurred that vision. I left The James Joyce Irish Pub (no, I didn’t start this journey in Dublin—I came across the pub in Athens) where I watched the football club that I support,…

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How To Look At PONG

My most recent book, King PONG: How Atari Bounced Across Markets to Make Millions, shows how Atari established not one but two massive consumer technology categories by adopting innovative product positioning and market development strategies. I conclude the short book with a chapter that briefly explains how PONG is continuing to lead in the development…

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