Ostensibly, you play games to win. (Assuming we're talking about competitive games: you're not playing to "win" Dungeons & Dragons… are you?) But are really? Shouldn't you be winning a lot more...
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Rage-quit isn't the only form of quitting. People stop playing games for a huge range of reasons. They get bored, they get frustrated, they get distracted, they sometimes literally just forget. It...
Game design is a wide subject. The best approach to mastering it is to focus on the fundamentals, and what better place to do that than with Atari 2600 games? Join us for a deep game design analysis...
Presented at many conventions since 2002, from Otakon to Anime Boston, Geeknights finally videoed their advice on how to run an anime club. Some things have changed over the years (you don't need...
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...
The rules of a game literally define it. In video games, they are intrinsic limitations. In tabletop, players must enforce them. In all games, players need to learn them. There are good and bad ways...