Deus Ex

Warren Spector Interview

A couple months back, during this year’s Reboot Develop conference, the folks over at WCCFTech had a chance to chat with Warren Spector who, among many other things, directed the original Deus Ex. The resulting interview mainly covers Spector’s work…

The History of Ion Storm

Ion Storm wasn’t just any video game development studio – it was founded by John Romero and Tom Hall (of id Software fame), and the company’s Austin branch was headed up by none other than Warren Spector (of Looking Glass…

A List of Influential Immersive Sims

Immersive sims, otherwise known as stealth games or simply RPGs, are the subject of this Gamasutra article where a number of developers from across the gaming industry list 7 influential games of this type that everyone, including other developers, should…

Harvey Smith Video Interview – Deus Ex to Dishonored

Upon departing from Arkane Studios, Raphael Colantonio left Arkane’s Austin branch in the hands of Harvey Smith, his long-time friend who worked on both the original Deus Ex and its Invisible War sequel, as well as the Dishonored series. And…

The Best RPGs on PC – PCGamesN

Flexing their list-making muscles prior to the inevitable game of the year season, the folks over at PCGamesN have put together a list of what they think are the 15 best RPGs on PC. And while I can’t really agree…

Cancelled Concepts for Deus Ex 3: Insurrection

When Deus Ex: Human Revolution came out in 2011, it became the third installment in the beloved by many series of conspiracy-filled first person RPGs, or immersive sims if you prefer. However, Unseen64, an archive for Beta & cancelled games,…

The Uncertain Future of Immersive Sims

This PC Gamer article talks about the underwhelming sales of the recently released immersive sim games and the possible reasons for that happening, right after a booming resurgence of the genre heralded by BioShock and Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Now,…

Warren Spector Interview

PC Games Insider brings us a new interview with one of the most well-known video game developers – Warren Spector. In the interview, the man responsible for Deus Ex and System Shock talks about his career and how it all…

Richard Cobbett on Old RPG Reviews

Richard Cobbett seems to be done with RPG Scrollbars for the foreseeable future. No more weekly arachnophobic and crafting-hating RPG editorials for us, I guess. So, what’s the topic of the final edition of the long-running Rock, Paper, Shotgun column?…