The Score Review: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else’s Game
July 15, 2026
The Score is a book by philosopher C. Thi Nguyen, on games and their relationship to societal metrics that influence our lives.
Why Games Matter
Category: Why Games Matter
The Messy Road to Freedom: My American Revolution Megagame
June 26, 2026
Discussing self-improvement, knowledge as it relates to preferences and one’s ability to design games.
Alarums & Excursions: a Retrospective
September 15, 2025
A retrospective on Alarums & Excursions, an RPG ‘zine that ran continuously from 1975 to 2025, under the guidance of Lee Gold.
Why Games Matter, Why They Don’t, and Why Not Mattering Matters
April 3, 2025
Why Games Matter, Why They Don’t, and Why Not Matter Matters A look at games as art, games as toys, and if these two views
Mean Games Don’t Exist
March 14, 2025
A rebuttal to the idea that playing games with confrontational mechanics is indicative of mean-spirited players.
Games: Agency as Art, Book Review
January 22, 2025
Games: Agency as Art is a book by author C. Thi Nguyen. It analyzes gaming as a mode of art and posits a theory of what games deliver to players that is unique and distinct from other media.
Games as Learning in Raph Koster’s Theory of Fun for Game Design
January 15, 2025
Theory of Fun for Game Design is a book by longtime game designer Raph Koster, who analyzes learning and design systems in gaming.
Gametek Book Review
January 1, 2025
Gametek is a book on tabletop gaming by author Georffrey Engelstein. It covers a wide variety of topics including the math and history underscoring games and game design.
The Power of a Sincere Story
June 8, 2024
The Power of a Sincere Story By MARK WILSON R.A. Salvatore is an author best known for his many fantasy novels. In particular, his legacy
Problematic Games
April 8, 2022
Problematic Games And how to have better conversations about them By MARK WILSON We’re going to discuss problematic games today. That is, games with morally
Thousand Year Old Vampire RPG Review
April 15, 2021
Thousand Year Old Vampire RPG Review By MARK WILSON RPG: Thousand Year Old VampireYear Published: 2018 The Premise Thousand Year Old Vampire is a solo