Fighting games should stay difficult. Their difficulty doesn’t explain the true reasons for their niche audience. New players or lousy players blame the game for catering to hardcore fans. The … Read more
Many developers assign “jump” to the wrong button. We jump with the B/A/X button not because it makes sense, but because Nintendo trained us on the NES. For 2D platformers … Read more
Nintendo removed in-game lives from Mario games a decade too late. In Mario Galaxy, I first noticed lives limiting exploration and experimentation. The “game over” screen brought unneeded stress to … Read more
When Assassin’s Creed released in 2007, Ubisoft kept a huge story detail a secret. Although demos and previews showed an action game set during the Third Crusade, a sci-fi story … Read more