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Posts tagged: Horizon Zero Dawn

May 18, 2021

Virtual photographers prove that video games are art

Laced With Wax spoke to several talented screenshot creators about the practise of ‘virtual photography’: what drives them, the tools and techniques, and the history and future of the medium.

Dec 12, 2019

100 fantastic video game soundtracks from the 2010s

Writer Mat Ombler and Laced community manager Tom Quillfeldt pick their favourite original and licensed video game soundtracks from the Teens.

Mar 03, 2018

Take a hike: An ode to the great (video game) outdoors

Video games — especially open-world titles — allow us to travel a thousand miles without leaving the couch. Here’s to the artists and designers creating ever more vast, beautiful and nature-filled virtual worlds.

Sep 21, 2017

Melody maker: Horizon Zero Dawn co-composer on odd samples, scoring tricks and teamwork

Horizon Zero Dawn co-composer and long-time Guerrilla collaborator Joris de Man talks Atari music trackers, getting intimate with Aloy’s theme and how to score music in a pseudo-interactive way for the win. By Thomas Quillfeldt ...

Jul 06, 2017

Point and shoot: Bringing video game photo modes into focus

Photographer Gary Dutton, podcaster Jay Taylor and Laced With Wax editor Tom Quillfeldt chat about their favourite fad in video games: photo modes. By Thomas Quillfeldt Unless you’ve been playing with your eyes shut, you’ll have noticed that modern video games are bloody gorgeous. Open-world, action-adventure and driving games in...