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Notch on Minecraft XBLA and Fez!

by Keith Stuart on May 14, 2012 • No Comments

We speak to Markus 'Notch' Persson about the success of Minecraft on Xbox and what this means for the future of the game. Plus, there could be some intriguing infrasturcture changes on the way for the fans of the PC multiplayer modes...

Oh, and what's he playing at the moment while he's supposed to be developing 0x10c?

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What you Playing… Hideo Kojima?

by Simon Parkin on May 14, 2012 • No Comments

Apples! Shuriken! Underwear!

Parkin sits down with the Metal Gear Solid creator to find out what he’s currently playing on his smartphone.

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What You Playing… Yoshinori Ono (hospital edition)?

by Simon Parkin on Apr 5, 2012 • No Comments

Street Fighter IV’s ebullient creator Yoshinori Ono collapsed in his home a few weeks ago from exhaustion.

But it's OK! Ono made a surprise if low key appearance at Captivate, Capcom’s annual game showcase, held in Rome this week.

We caught up with him there to find out what he's been playing on his smartphone while recuperating.

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What you playing… Stuart Black

by Simon Parkin on Mar 30, 2012 • 1 Comment

Boisterous, enthused and fast-talking, Stuart Black, the designer behind much-loved Xbox first person shooter Black and 50% of the unloved Xbox 360 first person shooter Bodycount, Black says things like: “FPS designers don’t have enough confidence in their shooting these days so they add loads of s*it to makeup for it.”

Parkin sits down with Black to find out what he's playing on his smartphone right now. As ever, it doesn't go so well.

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What you playing Michel Ancel et David Cage?

by Will Porter on Mar 22, 2012 • 1 Comment

It's a French auteur special today, as we quiz the creator of Rayman and Beyond Good and Evil on exactly what he plays when he's not casting gallic magic on the armless wonder. To double-down on this we then quiz none other than Quantic Dream's David Cage - the luminary behind Fahrenheit and Heavy Rain.

He's not very french, but we also asked Tony Hawk the skateboarder. He doesn't play too much though. So, anyway.. allez! Vous pouvez lire beaucoup des choses magnifiques apres le... saute?

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What You Playing… hermitgames?

by Christian Donlan on Mar 19, 2012 • No Comments

Matt James, the man behind hermitgames, has already made what I think is the best XBLIG title of all time with Leave Home (It’s also available on PC.) Soon, he’ll be back with the intriguing 3D Snake-alike – although the correct term is probably Blockade-alike – QRTH-PHYL. While we wait for that, I thought we could find out what he’s been playing on his smartphone. And he’s been playing quite a lot.

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What You Playing: Journey’s Jenova Chen

by Simon Parkin on Mar 12, 2012 • 1 Comment

Journey, thatgamecompany's dusty, emotive, pilgrimage of a PSN title is out in the US tomorrow and Europe on Wednesday and it's a must play.

At GDC last week, Hookshot Inc's Simon Parkin caught up with the game's designer, Jenova Chen to find out what he's playing on his smartphone right now.

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What You Playing… Brandon Williamson?

by Christian Donlan on Mar 7, 2012 • No Comments

He’s made downloadable games about shaving and Pac-Man, but what does he like to actually play on his smartphone? We talked to Nyarlu Labs’ Brandon Williamson to find out.

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What You Playing… Vlambeer?

by Christian Donlan on Mar 2, 2012 • 2 Comments

Cripes, I adore Vlambeer. The Dutch micro-studio makes wonderful, colourful arcade treats, whether it’s the one-more-go-ness of Super Crate Box or the WTF-itude of The Random Encounter. But what do they play on their mobile phones?

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Hookshot Inc. Falls Out With Syndicate’s Richard Morgan

by Simon Parkin on Feb 20, 2012 • 4 Comments

Hookshot Inc. sits down with Syndicate's Richard Morgan to find out what the acclaimed science fiction author is currently playing on his phone.

It doesn't go so well.

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What You Playing… David Perry?

by Simon Parkin on Feb 16, 2012 • No Comments

What You Playing...?’ is a regular feature in which we ask key figures in the video game industry what sub-$15 game they are playing at the moment on their Smartphone or Tablet device.

Today it's the turn of David Perry, designer of the Mega Drive classic Earthworm Jim and the man behind cloud-based game service, Gaikai.

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What You Playing… GLaDOS?

by Simon Parkin on Feb 14, 2012 • 2 Comments

Hookshot Inc.'s Simon Parkin sits down with Erik Wolpaw, writer of the Portal games and written voice of everybody's favourite AI puppet-mistress GLaDOS to find out what snack-sized game he's currently playing on his phone.

With a bonus appearance from Chet Faliszek.