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“Nier” will teach you everything you need to know about identity.
"Nier" is one of the most provocative, masterfully crafted games you've never played. Let me show you why.
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Self-Guided Evolution: What “Deus Ex” and “Flowers for Algernon” teach about personal development.
Deus Ex and Flowers for Algernon may have more practical life advice for you than you imagine.
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“Aerith Is Gone”: Perma-Death in Games
Featured author Nathan Randall examines the mechanics behind one of the best-known deaths in video games.
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“You are not Stanley”: Cyranoids in “The Stanley Parable.”
"The Stanley Parable," the Milgram experiments, and the ins-and-outs of avatar identity.
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“LUIIIIIIIIIIIIS!” An Analysis of Grief and Game Mechanics in Resident Evil 4
Featured author Nathan Randall outlines what works and what doesn't in one of Resident Evil's iconic moments.
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The Many Worlds of Games: “Dishonored,” “Europa Universalis,” “The Stanley Parable,” and Quantum Physics
Find out where video games and quantum mechanics intersect, and why it matters.
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Only through Corvo’s Eyes: Why video games can only be told through one perspective.
The DLC of "Dishonored" gives us pause to consider what video games logically can and cannot do.
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Video Games versus Cinema: Comparing “Xenoblade Chronicles” to “Stranger than Fiction.”
Are there some stories that can ONLY be coherently told through the medium of video games? Read on to find out.
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From the Floor of PAX East, Part II: The Aesthetics of User Interfaces.
Game design, virtual reality, and User Interface theory, as seen at PAX East.
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From the floor of PAX East 2015, Part I: On GeekNights’ “What is Losing?!”
In the first of my commentaries on PAX East, I critique GeekNights' panel on losing in video games.