Last week, when we began our series of articles on game writing, I knew that the topic would kick up some lively discussion, but I was unprepared for the flood of e-mails and messages I received once ...

Yesterday, we published the first part of this two-part special on writing for games, in which five successful writers talked us through a brief history of storytelling in video games. Today, we ...

A lot of people learn scriptwriting, try things out on Twine, or major in English in the hope to become, one day, a games writer. There is no straight path to games writing and very few courses solely ...

Game writers and designers highlight their favorite writing of the year. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Who Was There: A huge group of star writers made up this panel, including Chris Avellone (Knights of the Old Republic), Neal Hallford (Betrayal at Krondor), Wynne McLaughlin (Star Wars: The Old ...

I can't even imagine what it's like to write for games. First, when is game writing ever good? The vast majority of the time it's barely passable; it's rare that the writing in a game is good enough ...

Do you want to write video games? Do you? Do you really? Be honest with me. I mean, I don’t want to shoot down your dream. There are lots of people who’ve done the research, who know exactly what they ...