Thoughts

Secure Boot isn’t the cheat-stopping miracle developers think it is — it’s already been bypassed, and it’s locking out more honest gamers than hackers. If we wa...

The fight against cheating has led to invasive, kernel-level anti-cheats that treat our powerful, customizable PCs like locked-down consoles, fundamentally viol...

The growing popularity of intentionally difficult "hostile" games is driven by players seeking the profound catharsis and satisfaction that comes from overcomin...

Sometimes, a game with a thousand planets and a library of lore feels totally hollow. Then you play something else, maybe with simpler graphics or a smaller map...

Our natural instinct to find the most efficient path can paradoxically lead us to "optimize the fun out" of our favorite games...

Exploring how a developer's genuine passion for their games directly impacts player enjoyment, with examples from Hunt: Showdown and Path of Exile that illustra...