Mayowa – Critical Play: Worldbuilding May 15, 2026 Pokémon Emerald is a 2004 adventure RPG developed by Game Freak and released on GBA. For my Critical Play, I used an emulator to…
Critical Play: Worldbuilding – Tray May 15, 2026 This week, I chose to play Blood on the Clocktower, a social deduction game created by Steven Medway and published by The Pandemonium Institute. While…
Critical Play: Worldbuilding May 15, 2026 Celeste is a 2D precision platformer and one of the most celebrated indie games of its generation. The game was released and published in…
Critical Play: Cartographers May 15, 2026 Cartographers: A Roll Player Tale (2019) is a tabletop [roll &] write game (where you “roll” through a card deck) designed by Jordy Adan. With…
Critical Play: Worldbuilding May 13, 2026 I played A Dark Room that was originally created by Michael Townsend. It is a minimalist browser game without any complicated setting or clear…
Sketchnote—Loops & Arcs—Akary Buenrostro May 13, 2026 Link to Sketchnote (Below: Akary complains about The Sims for 2 minutes) I love The Sims 4. I love how it has a core…
Sketchnote: Loops & Arcs May 13, 2026 Sketchnote based on “Interaction Loops and Arcs” by Daniel Cook. Created by Ananya Navale. A game I can think of that utilizes both interaction…
Critical Play: Games of Chance & Addiction May 12, 2026 Luigi’s Picture Poker (LPP) is an itch.io adaptation by Marcy4000, playable on web and on Windows, Linux, and macOS. The minigame originated in Super…
Sketchnote: Loops & Arcs – Tray May 12, 2026 A game I really enjoy is Hades, and I think the loop/arc architecture it has is micro parallel arcs, where you get small…
Critical Play: Worldbuilding May 12, 2026 Game: Hollow Knight | Creator: Team Cherry | Platform: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation | Target audience: Fans of challenging 2D action platformers Hollow Knight…
Critical Play: Worldbuilding (Undertale) May 12, 2026 Undertale by Toby Fox is, as he describes it, “the RPG game where you don’t have to destroy anyone”. It’s suitable for players ages…
Sketchnote: Loops and Arcs May 12, 2026 Drive link Please note Freeform on iPad OS, which is what I’m using to make these, is having some bug where the colors I…
Sketchnote: Loops & Arcs May 11, 2026 I enjoy Cube Escape: Paradox. Its architecture is a mix of loops and arcs. The gameplay loop comes from exploring the room repeatedly, finding…
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…