From the Developer
That Dragonborn Feel: How I Turned Elder Scrolls Into a Board Game
I’m an unabashed Elder Scrolls fan. There! I said it. I’ve played every game in the series since Daggerfall — which devoured far ...
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Magic: The Gathering Arena: We are the Players Who Change the Game
MIT recently declared something about Magic: The Gathering that most players have known for over 25 years: MTG is HARD. Their recent study established ...
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How The Refuge: Terror from the Deep Tries to Nail Both Co-Op and Solo Play
It’s August 2018 and we’re at GenCon. “What about a solo mode?” asks Floyd Lu, creative director of B&B Games Studios. We’re in ...
Features
How Frostpunk’s Artist Brings a Frozen Wasteland to Life Using VR
Amidst the massive hype surrounding VR this decade, people tend to forget that VR can be used to not only play games but ...
Features
VA-11 HALL-A: Sex, Booze, and Sukeban Games
Even two years after its initial release, and especially now that it’s available on Nintendo Switch, I still can’t believe that Sukeban Games’ ...
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Warsaw Wants to Make World War II Games Matter Again
In Poland, World War II is a specter that has never been truly laid to rest, casting its ever-pervasive shadow on the nation’s ...
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Finding a Game in the Misery and Ecstasy of Long Distance Relationships
Long-distance relationships suck. Whatever the reason for the separation — be it work, school, or family — being apart from someone that you ...
From the Developer
How to Make a Game with your Spouse and Still Have Fun
“How the hell do you make that work!?” That question, or some variation of it, is most people’s reaction when they find out ...
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Project Winter Knows the Truth: Betrayal Is So Much Fun
“I just like the idea of throwing a raw piece of meat in someone’s face to distract them long enough so that a ...
From the Developer
How Tannenberg Recreates World War I’s Lost History
I visited Verdun for the first time with my family when I was a child. It would be the first of many visits, ...
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How I Combined Westerns and Roguelikes
Western movies have been popular since the invention of the movie camera immediately after the era of the American frontier. Just as Westerns ...
From the Developer
The Three Rules of Just Shapes & Beats
I have three main rules while making Just Shapes & Beats levels: Rule 1: The level has to be visually appealing. Rule 2: ...