Sketchnote: Loops & Arcs May 11, 2026 One game I really like is Valorant, as it mixes some fast interaction loops and strategic arcs. Specifically, Valorant contains fast loops because players…
Critical Play: Worldbuilding May 11, 2026 A Dark Room, played as A Silent Forest by Doublespeak Games is a slow-burn interactive fiction, survival game that is presented through a minimalist…
Sketchnote: Loops & Arcs May 10, 2026 A game I enjoy is Five Nights at Freddy’s (FNAF). FNAF has a mix of interaction loops and arcs but its architecture is built…
Sketchnote – Loops and Arcs May 10, 2026 A game I enjoy a lot is Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade for the GBA. Following tactical RPG conventions, each level is contextually one…
Sketchnote: Loops & Arcs May 10, 2026 Hades is a game with a typical sandwich structure. Its loops are the combat encounters to escape the underworld, while its arcs are primarily…
Jolie – Sketchnote: Loops & Arcs May 10, 2026 Also here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gTlOsNWSYxcK8GzGZRekgHfkBLwnoxXL/view?usp=sharing One game I really enjoy is Minecraft! The game gives the player a lot of freedom, and the architecture is mostly…
Critical Play: Factory Balls May 9, 2026 The puzzles for this game are interesting in that a single white ball can be used to create a deceptively easy-at-first game. There is…
sketchnote: loops and arcs May 9, 2026 I’ll be speaking of OneShot again, apologies poor grader. OneShot is a puzzle adventure game in which the player guides the protagonist through a…
Sketchnote: Loops & Arcs May 9, 2026 One game I enjoy is Gone Home. Its architecture is an exploration loop wrapped inside a narrative arc. The core loop is simple: I…
Critical Play: Worldbuilding May 8, 2026 Wizard 101 is an MMORPG from KingsIsle Entertainment, released in 2008 and active across Windows, macOS, Chromebook, PlayStation, and Xbox. The player takes on…
Shuci Critical Play Puzzles Storyteller May 8, 2026 Storyteller is developed by Daniel Benmergui and published by Annapurna Interactive. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam. I played it…
Sketchnote: Loops & Arcs May 8, 2026 One of my favorite games is Sid Meier’s Civilization VI. Interestingly, Civ VI has a nested hierarchy of loops running at very different…
Critical Play: 7 Wonders Duel- Jessica May 8, 2026 7 Wonders Duel is a strategy card game designed by Antoine Bauza and Bruno Cathala with art by Miguel Coimbra and published by Repos…
Kalu Obasi – Critical Play: Puzzles (Animal Well) May 8, 2026 Animal Well is a weird video game. That sounds like a very broad and judgmental statement, but I’m quite confident that no matter what your…
Jinhyo – Critical Play: Puzzles in Monument Valley May 8, 2026 The Penrose triangle appears to be a solid loop whose three beams connect consistently in 3D space. In real life, even a slight shift…
Mayowa – Critical Play: Puzzles May 8, 2026 purple is a mobile puzzle game created by Bart Bonte, and available for iOS and Android, which I played on. It’s a simple game…
Ryan Li, Critical Play: Puzzles May 8, 2026 Monument Valley is a fantastical and, dare I say, whimsical puzzle-based player-versus-architecture game developed by Ustwo Games and made for ages 4+. I believe…
Sketchnote: Loops & Arcs – Jessica May 8, 2026 I enjoy playing the board game So Clover. This game can generally be divided into 3 arcs. The first arc has the person writing…
Read, Write, Play: A Short Hike – Krystal Li May 8, 2026 A Short Hike is a beautifully styled adventure game where you travel around as a blue bird, meeting people and completing tasks as you…
