In a previous post on the Outside Developer Blog, we talked about our development workflow and how it includes a testing process. Over the past couple of months, we’ve been experimenting with making ...

While the spotlight will soon shine away from the PlayStation 3, the console still has a few eagerly anticipated performances to make before it takes a final bow. Puppeteer, the PS3 exclusive coming ...

It’s as if the Brothers Grimm (Hansel & Gretel), Tim Burton (Nightmare Before Christmas), Terry Gilliam (Monty Python’s Flying Circus) and Media Molecule (LittleBigPlanet) had a secret rendezvous one ...

Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer and actor behind "Sesame Street's" Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, died Sunday. He was 85. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles ...

Puppeteer is one of those rare experiences that can lift the weight of the world from your shoulders, draw you into its world, and make you feel like a kid again–and if you’re lucky enough to have ...

Whimsy is tough. It's this kind of vague emotional cross-section between delight and wonder, and it can easily wander into unsatisfying areas of childish preciousness or just weirdness for weirdness' ...

Unruly salt-and-pepper hair in a long quaff, round glasses and broad smile give James Ortiz the look of a whimsical inventor, the kind that hides away in his workshop crafting extraordinary artifacts.

Sometimes all it takes is one great idea. In that regard, Puppeteer, by Sony's Japan Studio, is off to a strong start. It has several great ideas. Sadly, it doesn't seem to know what to do with them.