Raph Koster, lead designer on Ultima Online and author of A Theory of Fun, has written a great post on Gamasutra setting out the key ways in which a service game can seek to keep its players...

This is an interesting 13 minute video justifying why Coffee Stain chose to go with the Epic store for the next game, Satisfactory. It’s interesting, not least because they felt they needed to put out a 13...

Benedict Evans of Andreesen Horowitz seems to be taking over from Mary Meeker as the “thinking person’s guide to the future of the internet”. His annual presentation, delivered at 100 mph, is very good. I was astounded...

I don’t think I have seen a better visual illustration of why design teams find it so hard to create a User Interface that accommodates the German language well. That’s always a rather surprising comparison. I can...

I don’t usually put political stuff up on GAMESbrief. In fact, since I’ve been active as Design Director of Electric Square for most of this year, I haven’t been posting much at all. That will change soon,...

Dan Cook is a great designer, who has designed games like Triple Town, Steambirds Alliance and Realm of the Mad God. He is also very generous with his time and this thoughts, including at his blog www.lostgarden.com....

Raph Koster, author of A Theory of Fun and game designer extraordinaire has published a deep dive on the cost of games over time. With a lot of data (although Raph is the first to admit that...