What’s in a game? It’s a decent question. If you’re like me, you play dozens of games per year, each for a different ...

Did you ever notice the uneven distribution of kids at a typical playground? Let’s say there are masses of kids on the climbing ...

“We’ll take it.” My editor had no idea the irony he just dropped on me. He was referring to an article I’d pitched ...

Game designers are some of the industry’s best customers. We buy lots of games, because we have to. It’s for research, for professional ...

“Fourth edition sucks! New Vampire isn’t as cool as old Vampire! I’d play Serenity if it were based on Firefly! If they tell ...

It’s a point that comes up often in conversations about videogame storytelling: You read a novel, you watch a film but you play ...

I miss Rodan Lewarx and Drazic. I abandoned them in Wizardry 8, and it’s probably safe to say they’re never coming back. At ...

We need to talk. It’s hard to believe no matter how many times you hear it, but it’s the truth: Your game idea ...

It may seem like a foregone conclusion, but why is firing a gun fun? Do you really know? How about these: Why is ...

The level exit is within sight. A careful downward leap will see both me and the blonde damsel I’m carrying in both arms ...

I once drove a school bus against oncoming traffic. I had a hard time steering due to all the drugs I had consumed, ...

My students shuffle into my Counter-Strike level design course here at UC Berkeley. Today we’re play-testing a student’s final project, the culmination of ...