Todd McFarlane brings a comic artist's eye to Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning [Via Gamasutra]

Comic book creator Todd McFarlane joined the likes of Curt Schilling, R.A. Salvatore and Ken Rolston to create 38 Studios' first video game, the ambitious open world RPG, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reconing.

McFarlane spoke with me about how he got involved with the project, what it was like moving from comic books to video games, and how he worked with the team as Executive Art Director to give the game its darkly whimsical look.

The story has been published by Gamasutra and can be found at the following link:

Interview: Todd McFarlane brings a comic artist's eye to Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

This month in Joystick Division - February 2012

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