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Why Make Video Games?

Last week I talked about why I play video games. Video games have always been such a major hobby in my life that separating the “why” from the habit proved to be far more difficult than I anticipated when I sat down to write the article. Now, I would like to talk about why I [...]

Mechanics 0: Thinking About Games

There are, as of my last counting, approximately a gazillion journalistic locales which offer game reviews on the internet or in print. There are not, to my knowledge, any columns which analyze a game mechanic within the context in which it appears along with detailing what is actually fun about the mechanic, and how it [...]