Matt Leone
@mattleone.bsky.social
Writing stories about the games industry. Formerly at 1UP and Polygon. Now working on @designroom.bsky.social.
Reposted by Matt Leone
For the second of these, @nsuttner.bsky.social talks with Josef Fares about Ico, wordless storytelling, and why developers shouldn't listen too closely to players.
Josef Fares on how Ico inspired Brothers
We dig up a lost interview to learn more about Ico's influence on the 2013 co-op hit.
www.designroom.site
October 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
For the second of these, @nsuttner.bsky.social talks with Josef Fares about Ico, wordless storytelling, and why developers shouldn't listen too closely to players.
Reposted by Matt Leone
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).
www.designroom.site
October 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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.
Very kind of you, thanks!
October 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Very kind of you, thanks!