Video Games Development

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"It feels somewhere between like reality television of just like, hey, what's it like being at this office all the time," he says. "And then I would say the most sizable chunk is like almost like an adaptation of office gossip and office conversations and office drama." The full-time video staff spent seven years working on Psychonauts 2 alongside the team.

A few weeks ago, game developer Double Fine surprise-dropped a 22-hour documentary about the seven-year creation of Psychnoauts 2. At least that's the premise on paper. In reality, the stunning TV-length doc is a fearless look inside the day-to-day life of a video game studio -- warts and all. The documentarians, employed by Double Fine, have unprecedented access to practically every person and room . Frush and Plante talk about the series, called Double Fine PsychOdyssey, along with The Last of Us TV adaptation. Plus, a delightful new retro gaming book is a perfect gift for video game newcomers.

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