2025/12/19 — issue #624

Rats play Doom, Beam Launch Cup, and Easel Stencils

Articles

Rats play Doom
We built a complete VR setup from scratch to let rats play DOOM.
Viktor Tóth, Sándor Makra, and Ákos Blaschek

FIFA's gaming comeback is a new Netflix-exclusive game
Details on the first post-EA FIFA game have emerged.
Jason Fanelli at GameSpot

“Players are selfish”: Fallout 2’s Chris Avellone describes his game design philosophy
Avellone recaps his journey from learning on a TRS-80 to today.
Alan Bradley at Ars Technica

'We survive or fail on our own terms:' The rise and risk of independent game media
Can worker-owned outlets create a brighter future for video game journalists and their readers?
Chris Kerr at Game Developer

Tutorials

JavaScript + CSS 3D Wheel of Fortune
I already published ways to display a wheel of fortune using Phaser, but this time I am going to build a 3D wheel of fortune using only JavaScript and CSS.
Emanuele Feronato's blog

Golfing a 2D physics engine in JS
I have a long love-hate story with physics in JS.
Maxime Euzière's blog