The Game Overanalyser

Game Design as Narrative Architecture | The 5 Types of Spaces in Games

Games with Epic Spectacle

How Controllers Impact Game Design

The Art of JRPG Design | Genre Essence

How Game Designers Enable Player Freedom

How Technology Impacts Game Design

A Real History of Video Game Criticism | The 5 Kinds of Writing About Games

The Simulation Fallacy in Game Design

How Video Game Journalism is Propaganda | Manufacturing Gamers

A Theory of Depth for Game Design

The Haunting Beauty of Cities in Games

The Paradox of Open World Game Design

A Theory of 4th Wall Breaks for Video Games | Hyper Realism

Balance in Game Design

A Theory of Beauty for Games

Nonverbal Communication in Game Design

A Theory of Play's Revolutionary Power | Playfulness

A Theory of How Reality is a Game | Gamespace

The Puzzle of Stealth Game Design

The Paradox of Rules in Games and Life

Ecological Game Design | Final Fantasy 7 , Flower and the Nature of Play

The Pure Game Design of Fighting Games

The Paradox of Authenticity in Video Games | Deception and Lies in Art and Play

The Art of Video Game Criticism

Love Stories in Video Games

The Design Philosophy of Fumito Ueda | Ico , Shadow of the Colossus and Design by Subtraction

Cybernetic Game Design | Cyberpunk, Cybertext and the Algorithms of Play

Call of Duty 4 and the Art of Modern Warfare

The Witness and the Philosophy of Puzzles

A Systems View of Game Design and Life

Metal Gear Solid 2 and Postmodern Video Games

How Game Designers Tell Stories with Interior Design | Gone Home, Heavy Rain and Designing Home

The Immersive Fallacy in Game Design | The Paradoxes of Graphics ,Technology and Escapism

Fairy Tales in Video Games | The Unfinished Swan and the Story of Play

Spec Ops : The Line and the Anti-Aesthetics of Violence in Game Design

Cinematic Game Design | Uncharted, Metal Gear Solid and How Cinema has Influenced Video Games

Rethinking Space in Game Design | Manifold Garden and Designing Spectacular Spaces

The Art of Horror Game Design | Silent Hill 2 and the Anatomy of Fear

Bioshock and The Philosophy of Games

Ghost of Tsushima and the Poetry of Video Games | On Haikus, Cinema and Play

Nier: Automata and the Art of Subversion in Game Design

Far Cry 2 and the Search for Gaming's Heart of Darkness

AI and Game Design | The History of Artificial Intelligence In Video Games

Portal and the Truth about Lies in Video Games | Why Game Designers Deceive Us

What Makes a Game Immersive? | Engagement, Escapism and Immersion in Game Design

The Design Philosophy of Hidetaka Miyazaki | Creating Demon's Souls, Dark Souls and Bloodborne

The Art of Game Design | Jesse Schell, Christopher Alexander and the Architecture of Video Games

How Video Games Tell Stories | The Hero's Journey, Ocarina of Time and Narratology versus Ludology

The Illusion of Freedom in Video Games | Choice, Consequence and Agency in Game Design

Uncertainty in Games | Randomness, Information and Luck in Game Design