Presented at the Penny Arcade Expo 2013 in Seattle (Wolfman Theatre). We've all played "bad" games, but what truly makes a game "bad?" Is gaming beauty not in the eye of the beholder? Is one's...

Presented by Geeknights at PAX East 2014 on Friday at 1:00pm in the Badger Theatre. In gaming forums around the world, variations of the same thread forever grace the front page: "Looking for a...

D&D is a great way to get into tabletop role playing games, and for most of us, it was our first foray into that world. As classic and dear to us as it is, however, it has certain limitations. If...

You wouldn't judge a book by its cover, but anime is a whole different ball game. What if we reviewed anime SOLELY by their covers? Would these reviews be accurate? If so, why? Anime, moreso than...

Despite the staggeringly vast variety of games out there in the world, they draw primarily from a core set of basic mechanics. Many games which at first seem very different share fundamental design...

Game Theory is spoken of with increasing frequency in the gaming world.  Combinatorial Game Theory tells us many games are just piles of pebbles.  Classical Game Theory tells us to assume...