Category: Game Design

  • Overwatch 2: I’ve Already Written This Rant

    I’m well aware of my readership numbers: nonexistent. I’m aware that this comes as no surprise, given that I don’t attempt to spread my writing in any way, shape, or form. Nevertheless, it brings me pain to have to make a point that I’ve already made, vis a vis, Overwatch 2’s new “Stadium” game mode–and,…

  • Let’s Be Honest About Deadlock

    Dead­lock is a game that is so ear­ly in de­vel­op­ment that it’s easy to crit­i­cize a lot, un­fair­ly; there’s a lot that (as­sum­ing de­vel­op­ment con­tin­ues) will doubt­less be ad­dressed at some point. Places where they just need to add more sys­tems, voice­lines, me­chan­ics, pol­ish. I don’t want to talk about that. Most­ly. As a per­son…

  • Emotional Statelessness: A Problem in Game Design

    A Brief History of this Essay This was originally a part of an essay describing problems I had with the crowdfunded game Starbound, and describing what I would have preferred that game to be, and how I would make a theoretical sequel to the game. I originally wrote that essay before Starbound got its 1.0…