Howard Scott Warshaw | What it's like to work in a brand new medium
by Howard Scott Warshaw | Oct 26, 2022 | Features
Howard Scott Warshaw recalls the early years of the games industry - and the first ever licenced game, Raiders of the Lost Ark...
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Howard Scott Warshaw | Remembering E.T.'s debut
by Howard Scott Warshaw | Sep 26, 2022 | Features
What significance does the number 2000 have for Atari and E.T.? Howard Scott Warshaw explains all...
When does commitment to game development tip over into obsession?
by Howard Scott Warshaw | Aug 17, 2022 | Features
Video game pioneer Howard Scott Warshaw has some personal insight to share...
Finding an audience as a game designer or filmmaker
by Howard Scott Warshaw | Jun 23, 2022 | Features
It’s easier than ever to become a game designer or filmmaker. But how do we ensure our work finds an audience in a cluttered media landscape?
Game designers vs. the people
by Howard Scott Warshaw | Mar 30, 2022 | Features
When it’s time to put your video game or other piece of work out into the world, hell is other people’s opinions
AI and rapid prototyping: the future of game design?
by Howard Scott Warshaw | Feb 08, 2022 | Features
Could AI help developers prototype games – or even design a triple-A hit from scratch? Atari legend Howard Scott Warshawhas a few thoughts
3DO to now: the principles of game design
by Howard Scott Warshaw | May 25, 2021 | Features
How did the games industry change between the early 1980s and late 1990s?
The 3DO Company, and how the games industry changed in the 1990s
by Howard Scott Warshaw | Apr 22, 2021 | Features
Meetings, design docs, tiny knives: Howard recalls his time at Trip Hawkins' ill-fated The 3DO company
Exhuming E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
by Howard Scott Warshaw | Nov 03, 2020 | Features
In an excerpt from his upcoming book, Howard recalls a trip to the Alamogordo desert for a fateful reunion with E.T.
Holograms, tanks, psychics… Atari’s unexplored creative paths
by Howard Scott Warshaw | Sep 17, 2020 | Features
A game that developed psychic abilities? Howard recalls some of Atari’s weirder eighties developments
E.T.: Why it was a victim of its own schedule
by Howard Scott Warshaw | Sep 03, 2019 | Features
Designer Howard Scott Warshaw revisits the making of E.T., and explains how it was broken by its own brutal timetable
The Principles Of Game Design
by Howard Scott Warshaw | Dec 12, 2018 | Features
Design goals and Yars' Revenge, the Atari 2600 classic