Play by Play

‘You’re always rolling the dice’: two award-winning developers talk game development in New Zealand

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The recipients of the Play By Play International Games Festival’s Te Maunga Kai Kapua Awards Mario Wynands and Niamh Fitzgerald, talk with Adam Goodall about Final Fantasy VII and the future of game development in New Zealand. In 1997 – “20 years, 11 months and one week ago, but who’s counting” – Mario Wynands co-founded … Read more

16 games, 16 minutes each: We play all the Play by Play Festival awards finalists

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The third annual Play By Play International Games Festival is spilling out across Wellington this week. Adam Goodall played all 16 contenders for awards at the festival… for 16 minutes each. If you’re a gamer who lives in Wellington it’s been hard to miss this week’s Play By Play events – a full-day conference of … Read more