The Unending Crunch ConversationOf course this is about Cyberpunk. Of course this has nothing to do with Cyberpunk.Dec 16, 2020Dec 16, 2020
Gamers Use the Trans Panic DefenseContent Warning: Violence towards trans-women, bigotry, gamers™, The Last of Us 2 spoilers.Nov 2, 2020Nov 2, 2020
What the Heck Do Players Want?An essay about knowing not just what video game players want, but why they want those things.Nov 2, 2020Nov 2, 2020
A Love Letter to Death Stranding’s TruckThe first several hours of Death Stranding have you (as Norman Reedus (as Sam Porter Bridges)) delivering dozens if not hundreds of kilos…Nov 2, 2020Nov 2, 2020
Counting Frames in Dishonored 1 & 2Dishonored 2 has always felt a bit strange to me from a gameplay perspective. There has always been a nebulous wrongness with how the game…Jul 30, 2020Jul 30, 2020
I can’t stop thinking about the design of ControlControl does a number of clever things, here a few.Jul 17, 2020Jul 17, 2020
Ghosts That Will Never Go AwayThis is an essay about ghosts. It is — incidentally — also about Death Stranding and couriers.Jun 18, 2020Jun 18, 2020
Design Will Always Hurt PeopleThis is an essay about hurting people with design. It is also about tech, city planning, and the KKK. “Do no harm,” is a quaint…May 28, 2020May 28, 2020
Syberia (2002) Has the Worst Puzzle in Gaming HistorySyberia (Microïds, 2002) is a point-and-click adventure game which contains the most perfectly awful puzzle I have ever experienced. If…Apr 21, 2020Apr 21, 2020
Destiny is Finally Addressing LongevityDestiny 2 needed to finally address its longevity problem. The latest director’s cut by Luke smith has revealed that going forward…Mar 7, 2020Mar 7, 2020
