Thomas Quillfeldt

Tim Wright aka CoLD SToRAGE struck gold with his dance tracks for the iconic 1995 racer, before going on to make music creation titles like Music 2000/MTV Music Generator that inspired many. By Thomas Quillfeldt Seminal futuristic racer Wipeout — often styled wipE'out'' — first released in 1995 as the shiny, newfangled CD-ROM format was becoming more widespread in gaming. Although multi-platform on PC and SEGA Saturn, Wipeout became emblematic of the new, more mature-branded Sony PlayStation.

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End shot by Frans Bouma (Otis_Inf). Laced With Wax spoke to several talented screenshot creators about the practise of ‘virtual photography’: what drives them, the tools and techniques, and the history and future of the medium. By Thomas Quillfeldt Video games are art. Usually, there’s a ton of artistry involved in their creation. Games are also often overflowing vessels of visual art, including graphic design, illustration, modelling, animation, and lighting design.

We talked to three co-hosts of Sound of Play, a podcast dedicated to video game music, about the origins of the show, their favourite eras of game music and advice for others thinking of launching a pod. By Thomas Quillfeldt Unless you’ve had your head in a pillowcase for the last few years, you can’t have failed to notice the recent boom in interest around podcasts.