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Snack sized bits & ponderings on game design and the industry’s most intriguing ideas.

Naraka Bladepoint

Why its flawed sign posting undermines the game’s risk-reward mechanics

The Game Design Gazette · March 2, 2022November 8, 2024

Fallout 4

Despite their clunkiness the settlements in Fallout 4 were its most brilliant feature

The Game Design Gazette · December 21, 2021November 8, 2024

cyberpunk 2077

How it’s distrust in the player’s curiosity lets one of the decade’s most intriguing open worlds fall short of potential

The Game Design Gazette · December 19, 2021November 8, 2024

The Dark pictures Man of Medan

It’s lack of interest in the player’s incompetence is a sign of deep respect

The Game Design Gazette · September 15, 2021November 8, 2024

In the absence of a narrative, in ANNO 1800 the music tells the stories

The Game Design Gazette · September 7, 2021November 8, 2024

Wolfenstein Young Blood

How focus in design makes Wolfenstein Young Blood a better game than it should be

The Game Design Gazette · September 3, 2021November 8, 2024