April 2024 – Page 39 – The Mechanics of Magic

The Resistance Critical Analysis

April 9, 2024

The Resistance, designed by Don Eskridge and published by Insomniac Games, is a social deduction board game targeted towards teens to adults. While the…

Critical Play – Coup

April 9, 2024

Name of Game: Coup Creator: Rikki Tahta Platform: Card Game Target Audience: This game is for people who really like games that involve strategy…

MDA – Rocket League

April 9, 2024

Rocket League is a high-octane, multiplayer sports game that essentially emulates car soccer. In concept it’s a little silly to think about how a…

Critical Play — Spyfall

April 9, 2024

Game: Spyfall Creator: Alexandr Ushan Platform: Web App Target audience: Broad audience of teens, adults, and possibly some children. Group of 4+ Spyfall seems…

Critical Play: Secret Hitler

April 9, 2024

My friends and I elected to play Secret Hitler, created by Luke Tsekouras of netgames.io. The game is target towards adolescents and older in…

MDA, 8 Kinds of Fun: Valorant (Hamidou Guechtouli)

April 9, 2024

A game I love is Valorant, a 5v5 character-based fps game. The kinds of fun (aesthetics) that I enjoy the most in Valorant are…

Critical Play: Blood on the Clocktower

April 9, 2024

Blood on the Clocktower (hereby shortened to Clocktower), created by Steven Medway and published by Pandemonium Institute, is a deduction and bluffing game. Though…

MDA: Codenames

April 9, 2024

One of my favorite games to play with my family is Codenames. In Codenames, players are split into two groups, with one member of…

MDA- Playing 2048

April 9, 2024

Playing 2048 has lately been my favorite pastime, perhaps because of its challenge and abnegation aesthetic, as referred on the “Aesthetics of Play” video….

MDA: Undertale

April 9, 2024

One of my favorite games of all time is Undertale, a smash-hit indie RPG. While Undertale creates many different types of fun, my favorite…

MDA: Stardew Valley

April 9, 2024

The core mechanics of Stardew Valley consist of farming (planting, watering, and harvesting crops), fishing (casting, reeling, and collecting), mining (exploring caves and breaking…

Among Us – Critical Play: Social Deduction

April 9, 2024

Created by designers at InnerSloth, Among Us appeals to anyone thrilled by murder-mystery games and playful interactions between friends or strangers. This game is…

Critical Play: Social Deduction

April 9, 2024

Among Us is a multiplayer game targeting teens and young adults who enjoy cooperative and competitive gameplay involving mystery and strategy. Developed by Innersloth…

Critical Play 1: Among Us (Hamidou Guechtouli)

April 9, 2024

Among Us, while a popular game, is one I had never tried before. My only exposure to Among Us was through memes and jokes,…

Critical Play: Secret Hitler

April 8, 2024

Created by Max Temkin, Mike Boxleiter, and Tommy Maranges in 2016, Secret Hitler is an analogue board game appealing to an audience of young…

MDA: Hi-Fi Rush

April 8, 2024

Hi-Fi Rush is an animated third person story game where you fight your way through a city run by an evil corporation. It has…

Critical Play: Spyfall

April 8, 2024

Spyfall emphasizes social deduction through its very simple, yet very effective mechanics. The game is centered not around what is going on on a…

Critical Play: The Resistance – Emily Macias

April 8, 2024

The game that I played for the critical play was The Resistance, a board game created by Don Eskridge and produced by Insomniac Games….

Critical Play – Avalon

April 8, 2024

The game, The Resistance: Avalon, was manufactured by Indie Boards and Cards and is available in physical form as a board game. This game…