Latest articles by Ian Dean
Light on challenge, but captures the awkwardness of music taste in every illustration.
Illustrator Maciek Łazowski discovered an intuitive way to learn 3D modelling.
Brutalist and brilliant.
Star Wars Galactic Racer's key art is perfectly nostalgic.
And fans love it.
Rubber keys, clacky keyboards, and deep cut retro games.
It's a brilliant retro-like rush that burns out too quickly.
A creative partnership that’s raising eyebrows.
The gesture and geometry of Liuyazi (Arya) Hou's sculptures.
Dragon Quest, Resident Evil, Mario Galaxy and more at impulse-buy prices.
Flow Studio’s new features turn character creation and animation into a single process.
My hands-on shows how smart art direction can reshape familiar horror tropes.
Inside the glitchy, music-led animation redefining the game's visual language.
The results were eye opening.
Don’t miss your shot at this retro revival – here's where to pre-order.
From Affinity to CorelDRAW, try these top vector-editing tools.
30 years on, this pixel art masterpiece refused to evolve, and that's why it still matters.
Ahead of its Switch release, art director Alessandro Martinello explains why imperfection matters.
Techland's Jan Buczny wants to build worlds that tell stories.
4A Games is pushing back against open-world excess.
Choose your favourites today and stay ahead of the pack.
This isn't emulation, it’s a chip-level reconstruction of how gaming felt in the '90s.
Not perfect, but a Lovecraftian detective-horror I can't put down.
