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Game Design

Discussing the art and science behind game creation

Interview

An Off-Peak Conversation with Cosmo D

Understanding the madness

Game Design

The Game Design Tunnel Vision Problem

Not the forest for the games

Game Design

How The X-Com Files Delivers Smaller Scale Strategy

The TU is out there

Game Design

Is the Execution Barrier of Fighting Games Too High?

Why newcomers struggle with the fighting games and how we can make them more accessible

Opinion

The Genius Communication of Elden Ring

The language of The Lands Between

Game Design

Has Esports Helped the Game Industry?

Is it a competitive market?

Game Design

Live Service Killed the Suicide Squad

How the necessities of live service squashed the Squad

Opinion

Will Civilization VII Finally Get the Tech Tree Right?

How will Civilization VII deal with its tech tree?

Opinion

Final Fantasy XVI's Metaphorical Double-Edged Sword

The balancing act

WordPlayer

WordPlayer: Indika and the Possibilities in Weirdness

A game that takes players on a profound and surreal journey as a nun

Retrospective

That Time Will Wright Put You in Charles Darwin’s Shoes

Spore is a grand, ambitious, genre-defying experience and one of gaming’s greatest oddities

Game Design

We Need More Games with Shadow of War’s Nemesis System

A breakdown of what sets Monolith’s action-adventure game apart

Game Design

What Defines 'Survival' in Survival Horror?

Exploring the relationship between the player's internal and external struggles

Opinion

Bodycam's Unique Perspective Demands Your Attention

A new perspective offers both challenges and opportunities for the FPS genre

Game Design

Command & Conquer Through the Years: A Retrospective Analysis

Examining the path of one of gaming's most revered strategy franchises

Interview

Hauntii: Between a Rock and an Eternal Place

Interviewing Leo Dasso from Moonloop Games about the new twin-stick shooter Hauntii

Game Design

By Design: Procedural Generation

The good and bad sides of algorithmic game design

Game Design

Is Strategy Design Due for a Shakeup?

How does the strategy genre stay relevant in the current era of gaming?

Opinion

The Hidden Depth of In-Game Texts

What collectible texts and audio logs have to say about their world

Interview

My Work Is Not Yet Done Puts the Anxiety in ‘Anxiety Horror’

Discussing 1-bit theological horror with lead developer Spencer Yan and composer Sam Tudor

Opinion

The Joy and Pain of Game Mastery

Exploring how to create interesting and challenging content for all players

Opinion

Where Are All The Black and White Video Games?

Examining the use of monochrome palettes in game design

Game Design

The Lessons Learned From Palworld’s Success

Gotta catch the Pals

Feature

Worlds Changed at the Computer Game Developers Conferences of 1988

Explorers in uncharted lands

Game Design

D: Frustration as a Canvas

When frustration is the point