Strategies and Tactics Across Gaming Worlds
Different games, from Guild Wars 2 to Dark Souls, challenge our approach to strategy and tactics. By comparing their design choices, player interactions, and community-driven dynamics, we can uncover the importance of adaptability and flexibility.
Read MoreGamification and Exploitative Tactics in Games and Apps
We’ll explore exploitative practices in gaming, the impact on relationships and decision-making, and the manipulative power of competition; reflect on the need for intrinsic motivation and whether the ends justify the means in dopamine-driven entertainment.
Read MoreStop Trying To Force Plays: The Application of Strategy and Tactics in Games
Let's discuss strategies and tactics for winning games, including learning the game, adaptability, visualising the opponent's moves, managing resources and costs, determining the order of operations, and controlling value.
Read MoreThrough the Veil: Understanding Our Society Through the World of Darkness
I enjoy exploring the depths of our society through RPG campaigns, such as examining how the vampire sects in the World of Darkness relate to real-world issues. They offer a unique perspective on the challenges of our time.
Read MoreSocial Commentary via Game Mechanics: Blink and You’ll Miss It
Games can contain details that serve as commentary on the ideology of our times, whether intentional by the designers and developers or not. Let's explore some interesting ways in which commentary on society and its systems can manifest in games.
Read MoreDark Patterns: An Introduction to the Darker Side of Engagement
Our desires aren't always genuinely our own. Forces around us constantly influence our decisions without us realising it. Gaming, due to its interactive nature, makes manipulation far more potent than if it were passive. This manipulation, used on us in gaming, is known as dark patterns.
Read MoreDefining Games: Exploring the Boundaries of Play and Imagination
Games can be tricky to talk about. Are our methods of categorisation sufficient? Are genres too restrictive to allow creativity, or too loose to have any meaningful value?
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