Blake Gross

@blaked.bsky.social

Creating the future of AR games at @dbcreations.studio

I just posted a long-read that reflects on the Snap Lensfest XR & AI trends covered in my latest 11-episode Voices of VR podcast series. Snap is betting on indie XR devs to help them go against the biggest companies in the world in their AR glasses race: www.linkedin.com/pulse/reflec...

Reflections on Snap Lensfest XR & AI Trends Covered in Latest Voices of VR Podcast Series

Snap brought me down to LA to cover their Lensfest developer conference where they made a lot of AR developer platform announcements, had a hackathon featuring those new capabilities, and are gearing ...

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For the Shadow of the Colossus story, we interviewed 14 people including project leads Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido, hired Gravity Rush concept artist Takeshi Oga to illustrate the cover, and put together a 10,000-word story with help from @milkman.bsky.social @shmuplations.bsky.social and others.

Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history

Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Team Ico’s masterpiece by looking back with 11 people who worked on it (and three who didn’t).

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Alongside today’s big Shadow of the Colossus oral history, we have three bonus stories for paid subscribers. First up: Our full interview with Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido, talking about Wander’s character design, Warp’s influence on Team Ico, and why Ueda feels conflicted about the game’s ending.

Extended Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido interview

Parts of our interview with Shadow of the Colossus' director and line producer ended up on the cutting room floor, so we put together an extended cut for those who want to read the full thing.

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We're in the home stretch now! Less than 24 hours until Crystal Commanders arrives worldwide to all of our players! If you've been waiting to pick up a copy, now is the BEST time - the 25% pre-order discount ends as soon as the game launches at 10am, so grab it NOW! crystalcommanders.com

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The story for the Crystal Commanders campaign is, shockingly, all about commanders! Both factions have 3 characters to meet and learn about as the story progresses - here we can see the heroes of the Crystal Vanguard hanging out in their base. Should we do a deep dive on each one in future posts?

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