Essays

The Psychology of New Game Plus: Why We Replay Games We've Already Beaten
Essays

The Psychology of New Game Plus: Why We Replay Games We’ve Already Beaten

By Adam

You already know how the story ends. You know which door hides an ambush and which chest is a trap.…

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Why Fast Travel Quietly Changed How We Experience Game Worlds

Open a map in almost any modern open-world game and you'll find it covered in…

#GamingAnalysis#VideoGamePsychology

Why Boss Fights Still Work in an Era of Endless Content

Open-world games keep getting bigger. Live-service titles keep adding more maps, more loot tiers, more…

OWE

The Backlog Is Not a Failure: Rethinking How We “Owe” Our Games

An essay on the gaming backlog: why we buy games we never finish, the guilt…

Choice in Games

Why Choice in Games Often Feels More Real Than in Movies

An essay on player agency: how interactive storytelling and branching narrative make choice in games…

What Video Games Teach Us About Time (And Why We Keep Trying to Outrun It)
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What Video Games Teach Us About Time (And Why We Keep Trying to Outrun It)

What Video Games Teach Us About Freedom (And Why We Keep Building Cages to Enjoy It)
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What Video Games Teach Us About Freedom (And Why We Keep Building Cages to Enjoy It)

What Video Games Teach Us About Fear (And Why We Keep Choosing to Feel It)
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What Video Games Teach Us About Fear (And Why We Keep Choosing to Feel It)

What Video Games Teach Us About Power (And Why We Keep Choosing How to Use It)
#Moral Choices in Games

What Video Games Teach Us About Power (And Why We Keep Choosing How to Use It)

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