ICYMI here’s matt leone talking to mark macd and the miz about how rez infinite and area-x got built, a pleasant Iwata Asks vibe read at designroom.site for when you have 10 min

We're kicking off a series of music game oral histories with a look back at Rez Infinite -- and why it's been nine years without a follow-up.

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We're kicking off a series of music game oral histories with a look back at Rez Infinite -- and why it's been nine years without a follow-up.

With Shadow of the Colossus behind us, our next project kicks off Monday: a music game series running throughout November.

The Last Guardian executive producer Yasuhide Kobayashi didn't want to move the game from PS3 to PS4.

Another 10,000 words on Shadow of the Colossus?! Today, we're posting two never-before-seen interviews @nsuttner.bsky.social did for his @bossfightbooks.com book on Shadow that came out back in 2015. For the first, he talks to @thatgamecompany.com's Jenova Chen.

Honored to contribute something to @mattleone.bsky.social's wonderful new jam! I really enjoyed reading back on these, still amazed that I got to talk to so many incredible devs about my favorite thing.

Another 10,000 words on Shadow of the Colossus?! Today, we're posting two never-before-seen interviews @nsuttner.bsky.social did for his @bossfightbooks.com book on Shadow that came out back in 2015. For the first, he talks to @thatgamecompany.com's Jenova Chen.

Takeshi Oga, the former Gravity Rush concept artist who did our Shadow of the Colossus cover, has just joined Bluesky. @ogatakeshi.bsky.social

Was great talking about @designroom.bsky.social with the Aftermath folks!

Wrapping up our first week — thanks to everyone who checked out the site, followed, and/or subscribed! Next week, we’ll be back with more Shadow of the Colossus coverage from an old friend.

Working on a feature for Design Room right now and it covers one of the most unique game designers I’ve ever researched. Even had a chance to sit down with them. Stay tuned 👀

Yesterday we posted a big Shadow of the Colossus oral history. Threading a few bits of trivia about that story below...

Alongside today’s big Shadow of the Colossus oral history, we have three bonus stories for paid subscribers. First up: Our full interview with Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido, talking about Wander’s character design, Warp’s influence on Team Ico, and why Ueda feels conflicted about the game’s ending.

🚨🚨🚨 We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site. • We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon • Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n • See more: designroom.site

Episode 6 of Rogue Signal, our weekly podcast, is here! This week, the crew chats about a variety of new games, like Ghost of Yotei. And we end the show with an interview with former Polygoner @mattleone.bsky.social about his new project: @designroom.bsky.social www.rogue.site/podcasts/rog...

Possibly the last one of these posts repromoting old Polygon oral histories -- looking back on the time we talked to the team behind Street Fighter: The Movie (the game).

We're running low on Polygon stories to repromote, which is probably a good sign. Here's one on Capcom vs. SNK that bookended our Street Fighter series, with art from @humanmgn.bsky.social. web.archive.org/web/20211017...

We're a little late to tie this to the PlayStation 30th anniversary, but it's still worth looking back on this profile/pseudo oral history on PlayStation creator Ken Kutaragi.

Looking back at the time we dug deep into Street Fighter 3 for a Polygon oral history.

We have no good anniversary or excuse to repost the Polygon Final Fantasy 7 oral history, but that's never stopped us before.

Rogue.site is now a reality! Thank you to everyone along the way who helped make it possible. If you like what you see, and want more of it. Consider pledging your support with a subscription. Your funds will go to support independent games journalism written by humans, for humans.

This weekend is Street Fighter’s 38th anniversary, and if that’s not a good reason to look back on Polygon’s Street Fighter 1 oral history, I don’t know what is.

Remembering the time @milkman.bsky.social went to town getting the Panzer Dragoon Saga team together for this Polygon oral history.

Thinking back on the time @alexjkane.itch.io‬ talked to 10 Morrowind team members -- one of Polygon's most popular features, and a story that has since been taught in college game design courses.

Going to post some of the oral histories we did at Polygon in the lead up to launching the new site. Like this Crash Bandicoot one from @metallicaisrad.bsky.social, which took a fairly well-known story and added all sorts of context and nuance to it. web.archive.org/web/20171031...

It's nice here. Quiet. More soon.