Articles Sorted By Theme

Introduction: The Importance of Believability

Analysis

300

50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
Ace Combat

Assassin's Creed
Battletech

Berserk

Bioshock

Clash of the Titans

Company of Heroes

Crusader Kings 2

Demon's Souls

Dragon Quest 9

Fallout: New Vegas

Final Fantasy 11

Final Fantasy Tactics

Kane & Lynch

Killzone

Liberal Crime Squad

Lost Planet
Mad Max

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Mobile Suit Gundam

Mount & Blade

No More Heroes

Princess Mononoke
Resident Evil

Spec Ops: The Line

Soul Calibur

STALKER
SWAT 4
Undertale

Warhammer 40,000

Warhammer Fantasy

Wing Commander

Yojimbo

Character Design

Aggregate Characterization: Building a Soldier

Character Agency
Comparative Character Design: Kei Nagase

Decision-Making Logic

Five Character Analysis

Getting To The Root Of Sexist Design

How To Write Empowering Female Characters

Malleable Characters & Visual Aggregates

Mundane Character Detail

Role-Playing Elements

The Psychology of Uniforms

The Style of Substance

The Young Hero & The Child Soldier

Vehicles & Their Crews

Visual Design & Worldbuilding

Aliens & Non-Humans

A Treatise On Trinkets & Grime

Blood, Gore & Tone

Concepts of Scale

Design vs Imagination

Fantasy and Reality: Grounding and Novelty

Facilities, Cities and The Lived-In Feeling

Generic vs Niche

Grounding Fantasy

Melee Combat

Natural Worlds

Sound & Music

The Nerf Effect

The World-Building Process

Mechanical Believability

Comparisons of Power: PvP vs PvE

Emergent Stories

Failure States

GNS Theory

Hitman: The Assassin RPG

Improvisation & Creativity

Roleplaying Mechanics

Roleplaying The Old Republic: A Rebuttal

Systems and Development

Taking Action & Playing Roles: The Skill/Luck Divide

The Game of Thrones of Games

The Orchestrated Story & The Emergent Narrative

The Player-Character Relationship

Tone & Writing

Accessible Realism

"Aliens", "The Walking Dead", and a Lesson in Tone

Authorial Influence & Fiat

Authorship, Blame & Neutrality
Batman, The Bad Man

Canon & Continuity

Failed Justifications & Framing Devices

How Do We Take Fantasy Seriously?

Male Objectification

Men Climb The Mountain To Reach The Top

Moral Intention
MTR, In That Order

Playing At War
Reading Rorschach, or, Responsibilities of Realism

Realism as a Tool for Agendas

Risk, Fear & Mortality

Stories In Games: A Survey of Quality

Symbolism: A Guide
The Last Argument

"The Lie of Fiction", and Morality in Games

Walter White Syndrome

"You'll Want To Protect The New Lara Croft"

Meta-Updates
Deniable Artistry

Gamer Culture

Hideo Kojima Wishes He Had Thought Of Breaking Bad

Ludonarrative Dissonance: A Primer
MTR, In That Order
Realism

Recommended Games

Reading List

Semper Games

Semper Invictus
There's A Whole Damn World Out There