It's almost impossible to separate the "Twine revolution"—the proliferation of small-scale interactive fiction created by nontraditional game designers—from Porpentine. The Oakland, California-based ...

Stealthy assassins. Dashing adventurers. Gun-toting soldiers and space marines. You see these types of protagonists surface again and again in mainstream games, and as the process of producing games ...

Charlie Brooker, the creator of the dystopian TV series Black Mirror, discovered new things to fear about technology as he was writing the script for Bandersnatch: as he tried to get his story outline ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Porpentine is a game designer, writer, and curator for freeindiegam.es. She primarily makes Twine ...

It's pretty common to hear actors talking about the first time they read a script for a project, but you generally don't hear about them playing one. Black Mirror's one-off interactive episode, ...

When it come to making games in the classroom, my go-to tool for newcomers is Twine: it’s relatively easy to get started and make something that works, but it can also represent complex mechanics and ...

Stephen Colbert is no stranger to video games, having contributed the song "Charlene (I'm Right Behind You)" to the Rock Band downloadable content library. But he's ...

Here are the 20 most compelling indie games of the past year. 20. Room of 1000 Snakes Developer: Arcane Kids Platform: Web ...