Critical Play: Walking Simulators April 25, 2025 Game: What Remains of Edith Finch Creator: Giant Sparrow (Director: Ian Dallas) Platform: Originally: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows; I played on iOS (Mac)…
Critical Play: Competitive Analysis April 16, 2025 Game: Murder Mystery Target Audience: groups of friends, probably age 14+, groups of more than 4 Game Creator: Anthony Pratt created clue, which is…
Critical Play: Bluffing, Judging, and Getting Vulnerable April 10, 2025 Game: We’re Not Really Strangers The “We’re Not Really Strangers” game is designed to deepen connections between participants. The game is light and portable…
What do Prototypes Prototype? April 9, 2025 Is it intuitive? Overall this is about the “learnability” of the game. Is there too much complexity? Can we do a good, concise job…
MDA and 8 kinds of fun April 8, 2025 Game: Settlers of Catan Mechanics: victory points, turn taking, die rolling, resource handling Dynamics: building, trading, opponent play Aesthetics: Fellowship, Competition [unofficial], Abnegation Settlers…
Introduction April 3, 2025 Hi! My name is Izzy (she/her). My favorite game is probably Catan (analog) or Fishbowl with friends. I recently played Ticket to Ride which…