Kirk Hamilton's posts

I really enjoyed reading through Game Informer’s exhaustive summary of Destiny’s backstory and lore. I love a good lore recap, and I’ve recently gotten pretty into reading Destiny’s Grimore cards myself. Jaren Ward for president! Read more

Clint Hocking, director of Far Cry 2 and coiner of the term “ludonarrative dissonance,” has returned to Ubisoft. Specifically, Ubisoft Toronto, where he arrives after recently departing Amazon Game Studios. Before that, Hocking had spent time at Valve and Lucasarts. He offers some more context on his personal blog. Read more

Eurogamer went to Poland and visited CD Projekt Red to talk about the creation of The Witcher 3. They’ve published a really cool article about their trip, which offers a rare degree of insight into how such a vast, complex game is made. (And why it was delayed last fall.) Read more

The facial animations in Tales From The Borderlands are so good. (The rest of the game—which just released its fourth episode—is very good, too.) Read more

Nvidia has detailed a bunch of new features coming in a new GeForce Experience beta in September. Including: A more complex in-game overlay, direct YouTube uploads, in-game video clip editing, and a feature that lets remote friends assume control of your game. Read more

The latest XCOM 2 trailer gives a sense of how base management will work. Research and development, troop training, and monitoring for attacks, all from your new mobile base on a repurposed alien ship. Which I’m sure won’t lead to any complications...