Ludwig Kietzmann

The purpose of this sample is to draw coherence out of chaos and demonstrate creativity and writing flow. The premise: three established video game characters - from entirely different and unrelated worlds - meet in an elevator.

Descriptions for various neighborhoods in Crazy Taxi Tycoon.

In-game character bios for Crazy Taxi Tycoon. Working with the art team, I created the majority of new characters in the game.

A short story capturing our pervasive climate anxiety.

The pilot is unconscious and the autopilot's gone haywire. Someone's gotta land this plane, so it might as well be you.

Some Batman: Arkham Knight tips will be handy as Batman: Arkham Knight glides onto PS5 as part of the new PS Plus Collection games list. There’s never been a better time to (re) don the cape and cowl. Yet even if you’ve played Arkham Asylum and…

Why does C-3PO have a red arm in Star Wars: The Force Awakens? If you’re Disney, the answer to this question is less important than the fact it’s being raised at all - and if you really are Disney, you’d probably consider this the successful…

[Note: Some spoilers regarding the nature of Firewatch and its opening are below.] You flip through the opening moments of Firewatch, a new first-person thriller from developer Campo Santo, like you’re speed-reading through someone’s biography.…

+footy and flying cars that take time to truly master+Electric rounds of back-and-forth ball bouncing+Loads of playful customization that dont disturb team balance -Sorely missing a better-full-featured spectator mode Rocket League is a special kind…

You might question the need for news on the annual Call of Duty game - it's confirmation that 2016 is definitely a year - but the circumstances that surround it do make the new shooter notable. Activision Blizzard has bellowed from atop Mt. Money to…

Firewatch is a first-person adventure game encircled by mystery and a vivid, Wyoming wilderness. In contrast with its unreachable horizon, it tells an intimate tale of isolation and paranoia, with choices that speak to who you are in the world,…

The beautiful collision between flipping fuel-guzzlers and frantic football players is finally coming to Xbox One on February 17. Smash hit Rocket League, notable for having a bizarre pitch at both the beginning and end of its creation process, has…

Gravity Rush is a beautifully designed superhero game, in part because it’s a beautifully disguised superhero game. As Kat, you’re free to ignore the rules of gravity, to gently float off the ground like you’re being hoisted by an invisible crane,…

At nearly a decade old, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess couldn’t hope to feel as spry as Nintendo’s modern games like Splatoon and Mario Kart 8. And though it’s shaking off some old-fashioned remnants in its upcoming HD release for Wii U, like…

There are elaborate, step-by-step guides on how to beat it. Being a human while attempting it is not just a significant disadvantage - it’s absolutely discouraged. If you play it on Expert difficulty after the age of 16, a doctor has to come untangle…

The Witness, Game designer Jonathan Blow’s idyllic island uber-maze, has sold well over 100,000 units across all platforms. That’s without an Xbox One version in the mix, which Blow says will fall “under serious consideration” soon. Though a recent…

Rocket League has the whole combat-car thing covered in its fuel-injected football matches, but you seldom get to see what lies outside those roaring arenas. You’re not supposed to - no more than FIFA 16 would like you to circle the stadium looking…

Games covered this week: The Division, The Witness, Marvel's Lego Avengers, Resident Evil Zero HD, Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain The RadioRadar crew spends an episode unpacking The Division's dense New York plague-ground, the wobbly…

The first step for a game like Homefront: The Revolution is to escape the gravitational pull of doubt. That can’t happen until it’s been made tangible in the public view, an effort made even harder when the franchise comes from a deceased publisher…