Design Room
We do oral histories and other behind-the-scenes coverage of the game industry.
- Created by Matt Leone
- Located in United States
- October 2025
- Free + Paid tiers
Recent posts
July 21, 2026
I n 1978, Nolan Bushnell, co-founder of Atari, asked the author and pinball journalist Roger Sharpe, "When are you going to write a book about video games?" Sharpe replied, "When you guys have enough of a history." In the history of pinball, Sharpe figures frequently and in episodes of high drama.…
July 21, 2026
T he Addams Family pinball machine, based on the 1991 Barry Sonnenfeld movie, was then and still is now the bestselling pinball game of all time . You can, and should, attribute this to the design of Pat Lawlor and Larry DeMar, who balanced accessible, multilayered gameplay with ridiculous novelty:…
July 10, 2026
"C ard-based odyssey" Inscryption has always been bloodthirsty, even if its carnage initially took on a different visage. Crafted for a game jam called Ludum Dare, its precursor — a short game called Sacrifices Must Be Made — sits you across from a shadowy figure in a barely illuminated cabin.…
