Holly Green

Seattle

Community Editorial Coordinator at Game Developer

Community Editorial Coordinator @gamedevdotcom. Former assistant editor @PasteGames. Also seen on @Polygon, @Unwinnable and many others.

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Articles

Let's talk about horror games

Oct 17, 2024 | gamedeveloper.com | Holly Green

Hey there, game developers. It's that time again: Game Developer is seeking submissions for developer-written blogs on a specific industry trend, and we want to hear from you. This time around, we're digging into the wide world of Photography and Video Games. From October 18 through October 30, 2024 we are hosting an open call for developer-written blogs about Highlighting Horror Games and Mechanics, which will run from September 16 to September 24, 2024.
The editors of Game Developer discuss their favorite photo modes

Sep 20, 2024 | gamedeveloper.com | Holly Green |Danielle Riendeau |Bryant Francis

+1Holly Green, Danielle Riendeauand 1 moreFor Photography Week, Game Developer has showcased new interviews, essays, and deep dives demonstrating the creative and technical process behind photography games and photo modes. In this group blog, join us as our editors ruminate on the photos and photo modes they love and explore their evolution and their value within the medium.
How Petals preludes Texas Chainsaw Massacre with a simple photo mode

Sep 20, 2024 | gamedeveloper.com | Holly Green

Holly Green, Community Editorial CoordinatorIn 2022, Gun Interactive took an unusual step for a well-established AAA studio: it released a free game on Itch.io. Entitled Petals, the title was actually a prequel wrapped up in a mini-game, a means to tell more of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre story as it would appear later in the titular game from 2023. The aim of Petals was to prelude the story of Maria Flores through snapshots from her camera, leading up to the events of the game.
Welcome to Photography Week!

Sep 16, 2024 | gamedeveloper.com | Holly Green

Holly Green, Community Editorial CoordinatorPhotography has become one of the most popular ways we interact with video games. Through the simple act of taking a photo, photography games and photo modes implore us to notice our surroundings, document our experience, and take a moment to commit to memory the images and emotions that we felt along the way.
Let’s talk about photography games

Aug 19, 2024 | gamedeveloper.com | Holly Green

Hey there, game developers. It's that time again: Game Developer is seeking submissions for developer-written blogs on a specific industry trend, and we want to hear from you. This time around, we're digging into the wide world of Photography and Video Games. For the next three weeks, August 19 through September 6, 2024, we are hosting an open call for developer-written blogs about Highlighting Photography Games and Mechanics, which will run from September 16 to September 24, 2024.
The development of the original Psychonauts was a fraught experience

Jul 26, 2024 | gamedeveloper.com | Josh Bycer |Holly Green

Holly Green, Community Editorial CoordinatorIn 2005, quirky psychedelic platformer Psychonauts debuted as Double Fine's inaugural project, delighting audiences with its offbeat sense of humor, bizarre visual style, and unforgettably unique characters.
This ain't your Sims 3 baked French toast

Jun 6, 2024 | gamedeveloper.com | Holly Green

Holly Green, Community Editorial CoordinatorOnce upon a time, a thousand years ago, I wrote a video game cookbook. Not anything professional, mind you: just a humble compilation of recipes inspired by the games that made me hungry, a community-turned-personal project that I got over the finishing line more out of spite than anything else.
Welcome to Cooking Week!

Jun 2, 2024 | gamedeveloper.com | Holly Green

Holly Green, Community Editorial CoordinatorFood and cooking mechanics have a long history in video games, evolving from health power-ups to sidequest and mini-games and eventually into a creative pillar holding up entire genres. As we start out our week focusing on cooking games and restaurant simulators, let’s examine some of the most popular themes across the genre and explore what developers can learn and apply to their own delicious side dishes.
5 Times Fallout 4 Survival Mode Made Me Actually Want to Die

Apr 22, 2024 | pastemagazine.com | Holly Green

This piece originally ran on May 13, 2016. With the arrival of patch 1.6 earlier this month, Fallout 4 (read our review) can now be played in the new Survivor mode, embracing increased difficulty and punishing play as a form of fun. The new difficulty level does what it’s designed to do, reframing the game such that every decision must be made carefully. No longer is the Commonwealth a mere backdrop for supply runs and flash in the pan combat encounters.
6 iconic character design moments in the history of Princess Peach

Mar 22, 2024 | gamedeveloper.com | Holly Green

As a classically feminine blonde who loves pink, has a ton of fun hobbies, and is shouldered with some very high expectations based on her oversized visibility, Princess Peach is almost the Barbie of video games. Originally one of the few examples of a woman in a video game, her role has shifted over the decades, growing from a mere damsel in distress (Super Mario Brothers, 1989) to a fully realized character with a game of her own, the upcoming Princess Peach: Showtime!.