Creative Lead

Christine McGahhey

Creative Lead

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I am a writer and designer who has moved over thirty-five times in my life, including to South Korea for about four years. I may have started off with a Gameboy Pocket, but over the years I have fallen in love with hundreds of games. I'll play any game that can immerse me storywise and transports me to another world, so I'm not picky about genres or consoles. Just give me a coffee and game, and I'll be happy as a Dwarf at Brewfest!

Super Mario Party Demo Reveals New Gameplay Mechanics

Today Nintendo showcased several new features coming to Super Mario Party during Nintendo Treehouse Live at E3. While the franchise has been around for over 20 years now, designers are still managing …

Review: Attack of the Earthlings – Alien vs. Predatory Business

Attack of the Earthlings is a sci-fi tale as old as time. While enjoying a seemingly normal day, something appears in the sky. You see ships descend and aliens emerge to plunder resources and kill any…

Once Upon A Coma Launches on Kickstarter

The creator of Pinstripe, Thomas Brush, is back again with Once Upon A Coma. This sequel to Coma went live on Kickstarter today and includes special perks for previous Pinstripe backers. With a goal o…

Behind the Sounds: Exploring the Blizzard Universe

So far this series has covered how different game studios create sounds for their monsters and sci-fi adventures. There is, however, a video game developer whose library spans several genres and puts …

I’m Going to Blizzard World!

Blizzcon 2017 had fans at the edge of their seats as Blizzard went through the list of expansions and updates coming to its games. One of these announcements was of Overwatch‘s newest attraction…

Behind the Sounds: Creating Monsters

The second article of this series was about the difficulty of creating new sounds to bring science fiction games to life. For that genre, a lot of synthetic and metallic samples are used to give a fut…

Ubisoft Releases Free PC Holiday Bundle This Week Only

To celebrate the holiday season, Ubisoft is giving out several different PC games for free. After having many other offers during their 12 Deals of Christmas promotion, their newest giveaway is a thre…

Behind the Sounds: Bringing Science Fiction to Life

In the previous article for this series, I wrote about the evolution of sound design. An important part of this is the sounds foley artists like Alyson Dee Moore, who worked on Batman: Arkham City, ha…

Lord of the Rings Living Card Game Announced

Fantasy Flight Games has announced an upcoming living card game for The Lord of the Rings to be made by its new studio, Fantasy Flight Interactive. The game company has previously released physical bo…

Super Mario Cereal is Making Breakfast Interactive

Super Mario Cereal will be on shelves December 11. This sugary treat has colorful box art and familiar looking marshmallows, but that’s not all. The box doubles as an amiibo that you can connect…