As the new year rolls around people start making the same declaration. “Next year will be better.” No matter how good or bad 2012 was, people will tell themselves that 2013 will be better. The thing is that if you want to see change you ...

Good pacing doesn’t necessarily make a story good, but bad pacing can ruin a story on its own. Games have a tense relationship with pacing. The player should have freedom to play how they want, but generally that freedom comes at a cost o...

(Minor spoilers for Dishonored) Why are so many protagonists in games these days silent? Back in the old days of videogames nobody talked. They didn’t have the technology to fit in any voices outside of the occasional villain screaming. ...

Very rarely am I worried about the consequences of any of my actions in a game. Which is fine sometimes! Sometimes the player just want to indiscriminately punch random criminals on the street like in Sleeping Dogs. But a lot of games ...