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Kirk Mckeand
About Kirk is a writer of many words and grower of many hairs. He manages to juggle family life with his passion for video games and writing. From the mobile indie scene to triple-A blockbusters, his life ambition is to play ALL the games. Yes, all of them.
Articles by Kirk Mckeand
Fair Winds
Against the current: The making of You Must Build a Boat
What comes after 10000000
Now With Curves
This time in Unity: The remaking of spy-tastic endless runner Agent Dash
How Full Fat improved on its spy-themed endless runner
Back To The Future
How mashing up Forbidden Planet and Cannon Fodder resulted in Space Age
Big Bucket's optimistic nod to 1950s sci-fi
Panel Work
How Loveshack found a new order with iOS hit Framed
Non-linear progression
Making Of
As much as we could chew: The making of The Banner Saga
Stoic reveals all about its tactical triumph
Making Of
The world at war: The making of Brave Frontier
Hisatoshi Hayakashi details the JRPG that's for everyone
Making Of
From Dreamcast to F2P reality: The making of Crazy Taxi: City Rush
Speeding away with Sega
Making Of
Simplified, faster and more intense: The making of World of Tanks Blitz
Dmitry Yudo talks Wargaming's app attack
Making Of
Underwater love: The making of Deep Loot
Monster and Monster on making a move on F2P
Making Of
Born of stars: The making of Supernauts
Grand Cru talks grand visions
Making Of
Twist and shout: The making of Blek
Dev brothers Dennis and Davor Mikan reveal all
Making Of
Shedding light: The making of A Dark Room
You don't always need pictures to tell a story
Making Of
From kart to finish: The making of Angry Birds Go
The race is never over
Making Of
Dead and loving it: The making of Wayward Souls
RocketCat on rewriting the rulebook for touchscreens
Making Of
FTW: The making of Faster Than Light
And why Subset Games might skip iOS next time around
Making Of
Ready for launch: The making of Out There
Michael Peiffert on becoming a rocket man
Party In The Park
The making of Disco Zoo
How Milkbag learned from Tiny Tower
Unfolding story: The making of Tearaway
How Media Molecule perfected the art of playing with paper
Love letters: The making of Ruzzle
How MAG reached the masses with 'zero' marketing
Sneaking Success
The making of Republique
How Camouflaj took stealth beyond Solid Snake
Multiplatform master: The making of Skulls of the Shogun
Making the leap from XNA to iOS
A link between two worlds: The making of Oceanhorn
How Cornfox & Bros. set out to honour Zelda
On the offensive: The making of Anomaly 2
Attacking two platforms simultaneously
Every dog has its day: The making of Mimpi
Where platforming is a dream
Textual orientation: The making of DEVICE 6
Simogo on the secrets behind its page turner
Guerilla warfare: The making of Killzone: Mercenary
Old franchise meets new format
Leaving the bastards behind: The making of Stealth Inc: A Clone in The Dark
From arseholes to consoles
How to follow a revolution: The making of Deus Ex: The Fall
Square Enix and N-Fusion reveal all
From $60 console game to $20 iOS game in 9 months: The Making of XCOM: Enemy Unknown
The platforms they are a-changin'
A tale of time and space: The making of Rymdkapsel
That's 'space capsule' in Swedish, don't you know
Sink or swim: The making of The Drowning
How Ben Cousins brought a premium feel to freemium
Alone in the dark: The making of Home A Unique Horror Adventure
Breathing new life into an old genre
Choo-chooing down the track with Chillingo: The making of Bridgy Jones
How to take on a genre and win
Dogfights and free-to-play: The making of Sid Meier's Ace Patrol
Meier talks mobile monetisation