The making of …videoverse

Modern games you’ll still be playing in years to come

PC Zone is one of those magazines that fans still champion long after its closure, and Richie Shoemaker’s five years on its staff make him a familiar face to many of them. We learn about his start in games media, how he launched a single-game magazine that outlasted many more mainstream titles, and why he’s recently returned to print magazines

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BEFORE BECOMING PART OF TT GAMES, TRAVELLER’S TALES WAS BEST KNOWN FOR CHARACTER-BASED ACTION TITLES SUCH AS TOY STORY, SONIC 3D AND CRASH TWINSANITY. FOUNDER JON BURTON HELPS RETRO GAMER CELEBRATE THE STUDIO’S FINEST RELEASES

NOBODY MAKES CINEMA LIKE JAMES CAMERON. AND TO PROVE IT, HE INVITES EMPIRE T O SHADOW HIM FOR 48 HOURS AS HE COMPLETES HIS MOST AMBITIOUS MOVIE YET: AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH . HOLD ON TO YOUR IKRAN…

Before creating classics like Beneath A Steel Sky and Broken Sword, the Revolution Software cofounder had a chaotic start to his career that saw him working on the infamous World Cup Carnival and programming flight control systems