What seemed at first like a simple game about waiting turned into a study in design focused on time, endurance, and audience experience.
Pippin Barr | Mar 31
With its oversized Geiger counter and promises of getting rich, Uranium Rush packaged the dangerous and exploitative uranium industry as family-friendly entertainment.
Emily Blair | Jan 30
A simple dice game shines a bit of light on the psychology of regret.
Geoffrey Engelstein | Feb 26, 2024
Games have the unique ability to provoke deep, socially based emotions triggered by choice and consequence.
Katherine Isbister | Dec 18, 2023
An excerpt from veteran game designer Greg Costikyan's book "Uncertainty in Games."
Greg Costikyan | Jul 11, 2023
Legendary game designer Richard Lemarchand on the importance and joy of playful storytelling.
Richard Lemarchand | May 5, 2022
Fifty years ago, Computer Space launched the video game industry. Here's why it never took off.
Noah Wardrip-Fruin | Oct 15, 2021
The original game is at the root of a rich design tradition, one that goes well beyond detailed graphics and fluid controls.
Noah Wardrip-Fruin | Nov 16, 2020
