Game Design The Marvelous Monetization of Marvel’s Contest of Champions Examining one of the longest running mobile games
Feature How To Stay True To Your Vision Legendary Final Fantasy director Tetsuya Nomura teaches us how to deliver on a vision despite significant constraints
Feature Revisiting The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall Looking back at the original vision for an iconic franchise
Game Design Colonial Power Relations and Totalitarian Mass Communication in Half-Life 2 A detailed analysis of Half-Life 2's impressive and historically important digital dystopia
Game Design Hitman, System-Driven Design and Patio Heaters Hitman’s most important mechanic is one of its subtlest
Opinion An Apology To My Forgotten Classics I’ve been a gamer most of my life, so why have I overlooked these gems?
Feature Once Upon a Time, Grocery Barcodes Unlocked an RPG World When a barcode-scanning handheld made waves in gaming
Game Design Prince of Persia's Accessibility Is Inaccessible to Some When accessibility becomes commoditized
Review Factorio Space Age: A Whole Universe to Explore and Automate One of the best expansions to any game I have ever experienced
Opinion Dragon Age: The Veilguard Feels Like a New DnD Campaign, For Better or Worse When playing it safe isn't the safe option
Opinion Is Starcraft 2’s Strategy Design Still a Winning Formula? Pitting the two biggest RTS franchises against each other
WordPlayer WordPlayer: I’m Still Thinking About The Diploma In Unpacking Examining the best piece of video game narrative design in years
Opinion Metaphor: ReFantazio and the Power of Fantasy Metaphor: ReFantazio asks us to reconsider the importance of fantasy when challenging the injustices of our real world
Hidden Gems Hidden Gems of Game Design Volume 31 Featuring Ebenezer and the Invisible World and Fish Tycoon
Opinion The Unexpected Joy of Revisiting Oblivion A lively adventure through ancient ruins and sleepy towns brings back nostalgic memories
Feature Reroll: Looking Beyond D&D and Pathfinder Exploring the complex relationship between tabletop and video game RPGs
Feature Freedom Fighters Lives on in the Memories of Gamers IO Interactive's non-Hitman projects from its early days
