A game design critic with more than a decade analyzing video games. I'm the author of the "Game Design Deep Dive series" and have interviewed hundreds of developers in the industry.
All Stories
How does the strategy genre stay relevant in the current era of gaming?
Exploring how to create interesting and challenging content for all players
Unearthing the good stuff
How poker-like-rogue-like Balatro from LocalThunk blew up
Gotta catch the Pals
Digging up those gems
Unearthing gems with Psycutlery, Patapon, Fate, and Picayune Dreams
Unearthing gems with Vomitoreum, Blacklight Retribution, Ribbym, and NeverAwake
Weighing up the risk and reward approach
How Overkill Software kept the payday going
Does competitive design work for the industry?
Unearthing gems with Final Profit, Half-Minute Hero and Sunset Riders
Enjoy this Resident Evil inspired rogue-lite from Spiral Bound Interactive
... and to a fault
Hunker in the Bunker
Scaring the design out of you
Unearthing gems with Rusty Lake, Henry Hatsworth in The Puzzling Adventure, and Power Rangers: Dino Thunder
A sequel set in a hauntingly beautiful world that will test your mettle
Shooting for Love in All the Wrong Places
An endless cycle of Sokoban and confusion
Unearthing gems with Gloom, En Garde!, Chroma Squad, Jackal, Beyblade G-Revolution, and Powerslide
It's about The Moments, not the moment-to-moment
Making challenge fun
The sequel takes what worked in the first game and gives you more of it
