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Snack sized mouthfuls on game design and the industry’s most intriguing ideas.

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Why its flawed sign posting undermines the game’s risk-reward mechanics

Thought about on · 04/20/202204/30/2022

Despite their clunkiness the settlements in Fallout 4 were its most brilliant feature

Thought about on · 12/20/202104/23/2022

How it’s distrust in the player’s curiosity lets one of the decade’s most intriguing open worlds fall short of potential

Thought about on · 12/19/202106/22/2023

It’s lack of interest in the player’s incompetence is a sign of deep respect

Thought about on · 09/07/202104/24/2022

In the absence of a narrative, in ANNO 1800 the music tells the stories

Thought about on · 09/05/202104/24/2022

How focus in design makes Wolfenstein Young Blood a better game than
it should be

Thought about on · 09/03/202104/24/2022