How Gaming Subsist on Player Nostalgia and Turn Memories Into Modern Hits
The average American video game player is now 37 years old. That single number helps explain why old characters, pixel art,...
Category: Culture
How Game Developers Design Environmental Storytelling Without Saying a Word
A blood trail ending at a locked door can tell players more than a five-minute cutscene. That is the peculiar strength of...
Why Retro Gaming Is Exploding in Popularity Again
Some of the games attracting attention right now were designed before smartphones, broadband internet, and even flat-screen...
11 Best Games for Non Gamers to Try Without Feeling Overwhelmed
You do not need fast reflexes, years of controller experience, or a $2,000 gaming PC to enjoy a video game. In fact, 67% of...
Are Open World Games Getting Too Big? Bigger Maps May Be Hurting the Fun
A game can give you 100 square miles to explore and still make you feel like you have seen everything after the first ten....
How Video Games Preserve Real World Culture Beyond the Screen
A cathedral can burn, an Indigenous story can lose speakers, and an ancient building can become inaccessible to most of the...