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The five core pillars of character creation and why getting them right is the difference between a build players theory craft for years and one they forget by level 10.
Six cognitive biases that distort how players experience randomness and the two design strategies for dealing with them.
The gaming industry in 2026 looks almost nothing like it did five years ago, and most of the changes are boring operational shifts, not creative revolutions.
How to price things whose value changes every second of gameplay. Expected value, shadow costs, offense vs defense asymmetry, and the combos that break every spreadsheet you'll ever build.
This post digs into why balance is one of the hardest problems in game design: it's contextual, interconnected, and impossible to measure directly. With examples from RTS, roguelites, MMOs, and co-op board games, plus the real reason your favorite game's patch notes never stop coming.
Why retention depends on layered progression, pacing across multiple time horizons, and giving players a clear answer to what they are working toward.
Numbers are the bricks. Curves are the blueprint. A curve is where pacing, emotion, and expectation get decided, and it's usually where a game quietly wins or loses its players.