Mind games
A brief examination of two of the best games of the year, Type Help and 0PLAYER, and how they anticipate player thought.
Fantasia Fest 2025
Everything I watched in the 2025 edition of Fantasia.
Fantasia Fest 2023
An (incomplete) list of things I watched as part of Fantasia 2023.
Fantasia Fest, '18 & '19
A quick look at the movies I watched at Fantasia in 2018 and 2019.
Games for Friends
A lovingly curated selection of games for people who don't often play.
How many designers does it take to create a card game?
Design notes about my submission to a communal game design experiment, along with some thoughts on the process.
I beg you to believe in something other than profit
Blockchain-related concepts like NFTs are being discussed more and more within the game industry; I took a look at a proponent's arguments, and wanted to address them here.
On weapon degradability and universal truths
We often discuss game designs in too limiting terms – and the most recent example was the recent hubbub around weapon degradation in BotW. So let's deconstruct that.