Secret Hitler: A Social Deduction Critical Play April 9, 2024 Note: You can view the graphic version of this critical play here! Secret Hitler emphasizes social deduction through its mechanics by requiring players to deduce…
MDA & 8 Kinds of Fun – Hay Day April 9, 2024 A game that I have always loved is Hayday. Created by the same company that brought us Clash of Clans, users begin with a…
Critical Play: Social Deduction – Oluseyi Ogundipe April 9, 2024 Among Us is an online social deduction game by American game studio Innersloth for Android, iOS, Windows, Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox. In Among Us,…
MDA Analysis: Project Zomboid (bsalt) April 9, 2024 Currently, one of the games I’ve been having the most fun in is Project Zomboid. Project Zomboid is a 2D, top-down zombie survival game…
MDA – Super Smash Bros Ultimate April 9, 2024 In Super Smash Bros, the goal is simple: knock the opponent off the screen. Seems simple, yet this fighting game brings in so many…
Social Deduction: Secret Sith April 9, 2024 Secret Sith is an online* iteration of Secret Hitler (originally designed by Max Temkin, Mike Boxleiter, and Tommy Maranges) that transports players into the…
Brendan McLaughlin Critical Play: Among Us April 9, 2024 Among Us, a multiplayer social deduction game developed by InnerSloth, captivates a wide-ranging audience leveraging a blend of teamwork and betrayal mechanics. Available across…
Critical Play — Peter Ling — Secret Hitler April 9, 2024 Secret Hitler is a board game made by Goat, Wolf, & Cabbage LLC that has gained enormous popularity since it was first published in…
Critical Play: Social Deduction April 9, 2024 For our first critical play, I played “The Resistance: Avalon Card Game” by Indie Boards and Cards. I played the board game version, though…
Critical Play: Social Deduction – Avalon April 9, 2024 Central Argument Avalon, a game that thrives on the mechanics of social deduction, brilliantly bridges the gap between the logical and the interpersonal. It…
Critical Play: Social Deduction (iyhn8192) April 9, 2024 Spyfall, at its core, is a mafia-esque, unilateral competition social deduction game that requires players to figure out who is the spy in the…
What do Prototypes Prototype? Amy Zhou April 9, 2024 How can our game provide a unique experience to players? Why is this an important question to answer? Identifying the unique role or purpose…
League of Legends – MDA & 8 Kinds of Fun April 9, 2024 I love the game League of Legends, which is a five versus five competitive game mode where players can pick a “champion” with specific…
Critical Play: Social Deduction (bsalt) April 9, 2024 Through the introduction of many different roles, the option of varying scenarios, and intentional rule/phase changes, Blood on the Clocktower is a successful attempt…
Short Exercise: MDA & 8 Kinds of Fun April 9, 2024 A recent game that I am enjoying is called “Oh Hell!”, a card game that is played in a group setting. The premise of…
MDA Analysis: Just Dance April 9, 2024 Just Dance is probably one of my favorite games ever! It is a rhythm game series developed by Ubisoft, which turns the concept of…
Critical Play: Social Deduction – Spyfall April 9, 2024 Spyfall is a social deductive game created in 2014 by Alexandr Ushan and published by Hobby World. It was originally a card game, but…
MDA – Minecraft Economy Server April 9, 2024 As was mentioned in the Extra Credits video, Minecraft is popular partly because of the breadth of aesthetics it touches on. There are myriad…
Critical Play: Social Deduction April 9, 2024 For my critical play, I decided to play the game Spyfall. While I played it on an online interface, the original game is a…