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- The Dimensions of Fez
- Abstract on Abstraction pt.3
- Abstract on Abstraction pt.2
- Abstract on Abstraction pt.1
- Pushmo: Puzzle Perfection
- Project M-etagame Rule 6
- Design Space: Infinite Undiscovery pt.9
- Design Space: Infinite Undiscovery pt.8
- Design Space: Infinite Undiscovery pt.7
- Design Space: Infinite Undiscovery pt.6
- Design Space: Infinite Undiscovery pt.5
- Design Space: Infinite Undiscovery pt.4
- Design Space: Infinite Undiscovery pt.3
- Design Space: Infinite Undiscovery pt.2
- Design Space: Infinite Undiscovery pt.1
- A Defense of Gameplay pt.6
- A Defense of Gameplay pt.5
- A Defense of Gameplay pt.4
- A Defense of Gameplay pt.3
- A Defense of Gameplay pt.2
- A Defense of Gameplay pt.1
- The Design of Combos and Chains
- Decay, Resets, and Entropy
- Critical Methods and Standards
- I Can't Let This Blow Over
- GDC 2012 Reflection
- Critical-GOTY 2011
- Knights in the Nightmare: Review in the Repair pt.4
- Knights in the Nightmare: Review in the Repair pt.3
- Knights in the Nightmare: Review in the Repair pt.2
- Knights in the Nightmare: Review in the Repair pt.1
- 999: 1 Game 1 Article 1 of a Kind
- Embrace The Abstraction
- Preparing for GDC
- 4th Blog Birthday
- The Zero-Sum Funomaly pt.7
- The Zero-Sum Funomaly pt.6
- The Zero-Sum Funomaly pt.5
- The Zero-Sum Funomaly pt.4
- The Zero-Sum Funomaly pt.3
- The Zero-Sum Funomaly pt.2
- The Zero-Sum Funomaly pt.1
- Emergent Mathematics pt.3
- Emergent Mathematics pt.2
- Emergent Mathematics pt.1
- Wrinkles in Design Space
- Digital Truth: Emergent Origins pt.3
- Digital Truth: Emergent Origins pt.2
- Digital Truth: Emergent Origins pt.1
- Save System Design pt.4
- Save System Design pt.3
- Save System Design pt.2
- Save System Design pt.1
- VOIP Wii U Solution
- Game/Mental State pt.5
- Game/Mental State pt.4
- Game/Mental State pt.3
- Competitive Multiplayer: Collective Misunderstanding pt.4
- Competitive Multiplayer: Collective Misunderstanding pt.3
- Professor Layton and the Unwound Story
- Q-Games Queue: PixelJunk Shooter 2
- Q-Games Queue: Starship Defense
- Q-Games Queue: Trajectile
- Controller Design: Rebuttals pt.11
- Controller Design: Recap & Rebuttals pt.10
- Controller Design: Customization pt.9
- Controller Design: Function vs Feel pt.8
- Controller Design: Ergonomics pt.7
- Controller Design: Terminology pt.6
- Controller Design: Motion pt.5
- Controller Design: Pointers pt.4
- Controller Design: Touch Screen pt.3
- Controller Design: Analog Stick pt.2
- Controller Design: Buttons pt.1
- B.E.S Vacation 4
- Story Design - Story Telling pt.9
- Story Design - Story Telling pt.8
- Story Design - Story Telling pt.7
- Story Design - Story Telling pt.6
- Story Design - Story Telling pt.5
- Story Design - Story Telling pt.4
- Story Design - Story Telling pt.3
- Story Design - Story Telling pt.2
- Story Design - Story Telling pt.1
- Shared-Multi-Split Screen Design
- Pokemon Mailbox pt.8
- Pokemon Center pt.7
- Pokemon Dream World pt.6
- Pokemon Professor's PC pt.5
- Pokemon Battle Box pt.4
- Pokemon Formula pt.3
- Pokemon Records pt.2
- Pokemon KKID'S PC pt.1
- Project M-etagame H2YL Ressurection
- Competitive Multiplayer: Collective Misunderstanding pt.2
- Competitive Multiplayer: Collective Misunderstanding pt.1
- Interesting Choices: Interesting Gameplay pt.9
- Interesting Choices: Interesting Gameplay pt.8
- Interesting Choices: Interesting Gameplay pt.7
- Interesting Choices: Interesting Gameplay pt.6
- Interesting Choices: Interesting Gameplay pt.5
- Interesting Choices: Interesting Gameplay pt.4
- Interesting Choices: Interesting Gameplay pt.3
- Interesting Choices: Interesting Gameplay pt.2
- Interesting Choices: Interesting Gameplay pt.1
- Dynamic Clarification
- Spectator Sport
- Dialogue: The Mechanics of Language
- Suckcess!
- Farewell Ba3D
- Design-Space-Time Continuum pt.3
- Design-Space-Time Continuum pt.2
- Design-Space-Time Continuum pt.1
- Complex Time Simplified pt.3
- Complex Time Simplified pt.2
- Complex Time Simplified pt.1
- Project M-etagame Pound 5
- Project M-etagame Brawl Development
- Project M-etagame Melee Development
- Project M-etagame
- The Coefficient of Clean pt.11
- The Coefficient of Clean pt.10
- The Coefficient of Clean pt.9
- The Coefficient of Clean pt.8
- The Coefficient of Clean pt.7
- The Coefficient of Clean pt.6
- The Coefficient of Clean pt.5
- The Coefficient of Clean pt.4
- The Coefficient of Clean pt.3
- The Coefficient of Clean pt.2
- The Coefficient of Clean pt.1
- Super Mario Nuance pt.2
- Super Mario Nuance pt.1
- Metagame Meditations pt.4
- Metagame Meditations pt.3
- Metagame Meditations pt.2
- Metagame Meditations pt.1
- Appraising the Art of Combat pt.11
- Appraising the Art of Combat pt.10
- Appraising the Art of Combat pt.9
- Appraising the Art of Combat pt.8
- Appraising the Art of Combat pt.7
- Appraising the Art of Combat pt.6
- Appraising the Art of Combat pt.5
- Appraising the Art of Combat pt.4
- Appraising the Art of Combat pt.3
- Appraising the Art of Combat pt.2
- Appraising the Art of Combat pt.1
- Emergence You Can See
- Complexities You Can Count On
- About That Indie Feel pt.4
- Super Meat Boy pt.4
- Super Meat Boy pt.3
- Super Meat Boy pt.2
- Super Meat Boy pt.1
- So I Missed Your B-Day Blog
- About That Indie Feel pt.3
- About That Indie Feel pt.2
- About That Indie Feel pt.1
- Super Crate Box
- Not A Hecker Heckler
- Game/Mental State pt.2
- Game/Mental State pt.1
- Herocore Sample
- Measuring Time: Real and Turn-Based
- Critical-GOTY 2010
- Give Up Robot 2
- Donkey Kong Country: Returns pt.2
- Donkey Kong Country: Returns pt.1
- Review & Repair Clash of Heroes pt.2
- Review & Repair Clash of Heroes pt.1
- One Hit Wonders
- Engage, Challenge, Interact
- From Unintuitive to Eureka pt.5
- From Unintuitive to Eureka pt.4
- From Unintuitive to Eureka pt.3
- From Unintuitive to Eureka pt.2
- From Unintuitive to Eureka pt.1
- Super Mario Galaxy 2
- Investigation: Shadow Complex
- Don't Start Nothing Won't Be Nothing
- Why Game Writers Need To Be Specific
- Measuring the Value of our Hobby
- Lifebars: The Lifeblood of Strategy
- Compressing Space
- Desktop Dungeons Differences
- Iwata Asks: Megafied
- Megafied: Makoto's World
- Link 'n' Launch
- Sanctuary-17
- Linearity: Games vs Conversation
- Neo*RPG
- Mario & Luigi 3 Boss Analysis
- Puji Full Analysis & Depth Clarification
- X-Scape Review & Repair
- Sin & Punishment Review
- Genre Study Fighters: Naruto 4
- Mega Man 10 Review
- Puzzle Design & Reading Failure
- Mega Man 10: Becoming Mr. Perfect pt.4
- Mega Man 10: Becoming Mr. Perfect pt.3
- Mega Man 10: Becoming Mr. Perfect pt.2
- Mega Man 10: Becoming Mr. Perfect pt.1
- Good Game episode 4 part 2
- Good Game episode 4 part 1
- Good Game episode 3 part 2
- Good Game episode 3 part 1
- Good Game episode 2 part 2
- Good Game episode 2
- Good Game episode 1
- Nezumi Man: 8 of 101
- Transdimensional Hellspider: 7 of 101
- Bullet Time: Design & Skill Spectrum
- Coining Terms for a 1UP on Communication
- An Examination of Skill pt.19
- An Examination of Skill pt.18
- An Examination of Skill pt.17
- An Examination of Skill pt.16
- An Examination of Skill pt.15
- An Examination of Skill pt.14
- An Examination of Skill pt.13
- The Skill Spectrum of Station 38
- An Examination of Skill pt.12
- An Examination of Skill pt.11
- An Examination of Skill pt.10
- An Examination of Skill pt.9
- Critical-Conversation
- An Examination of Skill pt.8
- An Examination of Skill pt.7
- An Examination of Skill pt.6
- Information Warfare: 3D Puzzlers
- Knowledge Out Of The Blue
- Random Knowledge Quirks
- SMB Crossover: Balance & Design Space
- Shiren & The Wandering Review
- Leveling The Playing Field
- Lines of Communication
- An Examination of Skill pt.5
- An Examination of Skill pt.4
- An Examination of Skill pt.3
- An Examination of Skill pt.2
- An Examination of Skill pt.1
- Brawl Playstyles & Skills pt.7
- Brawl Playstyles & Skills pt.6
- Brawl Playstyles & Skills pt.5
- Brawl Playstyles & Skills pt.4
- Brawl Playstyles & Skills pt.3
- Brawl Playstyles & Skills pt.2
- Brawl Playstyles & Skills pt.1
- Where We Remain
- Defeat Me: 6 of 101
- RO9: 5 of 101
- DARG: 4 of 101
- Knightfall: 3 of 101
- Grayscale: 2 of 101
- Continuity: 1 of 101
- Elegant Solution Examples
- DigiDrive Full Analysis
- Mulling Over Multiple Goals
- Elegant & Brute Force Solutions
- Mechanics & Interface: Pillars
- Mechanics & Interface: The Third Hand
- Playstyles & Design pt.4
- Playstyles & Design pt.3
- Playstyles & Design pt.2
- Playstyles & Design pt.1
- Puzzle Design & Decoder Reading
- Engaging Design
- Critical-GOTY 09 pt.4
- Critical-GOTY 09 pt.3
- Critical-GOTY 09 pt.2
- Critical-GOTY 09 pt.1
- Mixups pt.3
- Mixups pt.1
- The Measure of Mario pt.10
- The Measure of Mario pt.9
- The Measure of Mario pt.8
- The Measure of Mario pt.7
- The Measure of Mario pt.6
- The Measure of Mario pt.5
- The Measure of Mario pt.4
- The Measure of Mario pt.3
- The Measure of Mario pt.2
- The Measure of Mario pt.1
- The Learner's Garden: Video
- Improvisation #1 (P)layered Elements
- The Learner's Garden
- (P)layered Level Design
- Happy Belated B-Day Blog
- Co-unter-op Design
- Locks, Keys, & Obstacles pt.2
- Locks, Keys, & Obstacles pt.1
- Gameplay Dynamics
- The FPShuffle
- Puzzlement & Portability
- A Progress Worth Updating
- Help Needed!
- B.E.S Vactation 3
- for the Scale of Balance pt.4
- for the Steps of Development pt.3
- for the Feel of Design Space pt.2
- for the Love of Variation pt.1
- Blog Check #3
- Touch. Don't Look?
- Critical-Gaming Pikmin Course: Final Presentations
- Critical-Gaming Pikmin Course: Week 9, 10, & 11
- Critical-Gaming Pikmin Course: Week 7 & 8
- Critical-Gaming Pikmin Course: Week 6
- Critical-Apparel
- Critical-Gaming Pikmin Course: Week 5
- Critical-Gaming Pikmin Course: Week 4
- Critical-Gaming Pikmin Course: Week 3
- Critical-Gaming Pikmin Course: Week 2
- Critical-Gaming Pikmin Course: Week 1
- Advance Wars: Deep Difficulty Design
- The Interplay of Brawl
- The Interplay of Advance Wars
- The Interplay of Mario Strikers Charged
- Counterpoint: The Depth of Interplay pt.6
- What We Learn From Gaming
- Counterpoint: The Depth of Interplay pt.5
- Blog Check #2
- Everyone Is Doing The Mario
- Counterpoint: The Depth of Interplay pt.4
- The Perfect MachinEDU
- The Prince vs. deBlob
- Henry Hatsworth & Hybrid Games
- Blog Check #1
- Inward Innovation
- Counterpoint: The Depth of Interplay pt.3
- Counterpoint: The Depth of Interplay pt.2
- Counterpoint: The Depth of Interplay pt.1
- Counterpoint: Functional Blind Spots
- Exploit: Hackers Unite!
- Mirror's Edge 2D/3D: Reflection, Review, & Repair pt.3
- Mirror's Edge 2D/3D: Reflection, Review, & Repair pt.2
- Mirror's Edge 2D/3D: Reflection, Review, & Repair pt.1
- User Gen #1
- Picross vs. Sudoku & The Power of Forms
- Jumpman Review
- 2D + 2D = 3D pt.5
- 2D + 2D = 3D pt.4
- 2D + 2D = 3D pt.3
- 2D + 2D = 3D pt.2
- 2D + 2D = 3D pt.1
- Spelunky: A Game Design Gold Mine
- SmashBOARD
- What If We All Could See the Bigger Picture
- Variation, Rhythm, and Music
- A Progress Worth Saving
- Sonic: The Core Design and Beyond pt.4
- Sonic: The Core Design and Beyond pt.3
- Sonic: The Core Design and Beyond pt.2
- Sonic: The Core Design and Beyond pt.1
- Contrary Motion & Ditto Matches
- DS Design: Real Time Clock & Wifi
- DS Design: Dual Screen Gameplay
- Video Game Climaxes
- My GOTY 2008
- DS Design: Microphone
- BANG! A Look At An Interesting Card Game
- I ran as quickly as a hog
- DS Design: Level Editors
- A Few Comments on Rhythm and Timers
- Studying Video Games
- DS Design: Controls
- Cursor*10 FTW: Give Yourself A Hand
- Tension: Threats & Timers
- Heads Up. Looks Deep.
- DS Design: Maps
- Counterpoint: Suspension
- Wishing is Simple: A Look at an Interesting Indie Puzzle Game
- Oh What A Wonderful Time To Be Puzzled
- B.E.S Vacation 2
- DW Lesson 2.1: Influencing Brawl
- Set Pieces: Lights. Camera. Inaction?
- LBP Workshop: Points and (P)Layered Level Design
- LBP Workshop: Video
- LBP Workshop: Shapes & Space cont.
- Improvisation #1 cont.
- LBP Workshop: Sequence Breaking
- LBP Workshop: Alternate Paths
- LBP Workshop: Contrary Motion
- LBP Workshop: Shapes & Space
- Improvisation #1
- Storytelling Through Function pt.1
- DW Lesson 6: Polish
- Resistance is Futile
- Mirror's Edge Appetizer
- DW Lessson 5: Development
- I Am My Own Worst Enemy
- LittleBigPlanet Review and Repair pt.4
- Happy Birthday Critical-Gaming
- LittleBigPlanet Review & Repair pt. 3
- LittleBigPlanet Review & Repair pt. 2
- LittleBigPlanet Review and Repair pt.1
- CO OP Mechanics and Design pt. 3
- CO OP Mechanics and Design pt. 2
- DW Lesson 4.1: Pushing Bangai-O
- CO OP Mechanics and Design
- DW Lesson 4: Play and Push
- Pure Organic Level Design
- DW Lesson 3: The Game Idea
- Bangai-O Spirits Review
- DW Lesson 2: Influence
- The Function of Memory
- DW Lesson 1: Range and Limitations
- DW: Prerequisites
- Wario Land: Shake It! Review
- Be Careful. You Might Suck....Is That A Challenge?
- "wow... that's music!"
- Nintendo Stealth Conference: Let's Hit It.
- Shawn Elliott Approves of Critical-Gaming
- Samba De Amigo Critical Hit
- October Forecast
- The Genius of Slowdown
- Mega Man 9 Review & Repair
- LittleBig Fears
- GH:WT Music Studio Fears & Ideas
- What It Means To Be A Gamer
- Why Gamers Should Embrace Critical-Material
- Platformers DS: Doubleganger Siblings
- "It's Time We Have The Talk" ~Jonathan Blow
- Geometry Wars Evolutionary Design
- Braid Review weiveR diarB
- LittleBig Idea
- A Jonathan Low Blow
- N+ Review... Not a Score
- Bionic Commando Rearmed Review
- New Genre: Retro Evolved
- Everyday Shooter? Yesterday's Shooter
- Composition. This isn't a Game!
- Boktai Review: Fools and Stupids See the Light
- Difficulty Design: A Difficult Endeavour
- Greater than the (Riemann) Sum of Its Parts?
- Customizable Stats Increase Abstraction and Deconstructs Gameplay
- Luigi's Mansion vs. Drill Dozer in the Mechanical Mechanics Match-up
- The Force Unleased Demo Impressions
- Decay-Cycles and Natural Forms
- B.E.S Vacation
- Next-gen Fighters and the Flow of Combat pt. 4
- Next-gen Fighters and the Flow of Combat pt.3
- Next-gen Fighters and the Flow of Combat pt.2
- Next-gen Fighters and the Flow of Combat pt1 continued
- Next-gen Fighters and the Flow of Combat pt.1
- It's Official.....
- Drill Dozer and the Dangers of Static Space
- Folded Level Design
- Flywrench Review
- Taking CHARGE
- Pixel Junk Eden Demo Review & Repair
- Bite Sized Updates
- Overused Words?
- Organic and Inorganic Design
- Pikmin3D
- 3D Control of 3D
- The WiiR Cam Trio
- WiiR Cam
- ElectrOcean
- Let's Do It All Over Again
- Nintendoooooo!
- Wrapping up the Xbox
- Out of the XBox
- G4's Massive E308 Coverage Announced
- Introducing Critical-Hit
- Boom Blox: Initial Impressions & Re-review
- Optimized Aiming Deconstucts Playing
- The (possible) Source of Classical & Western Game Design
- How To Write A Critical Video Game Review
- 2D Mario Evolutionary Design
- Interplay....Gunplay
- A Mario Trio of Bullet Point Essays
- Mario Melodies: Final Exam
- Mario Melodies: Counterpoint part.3
- If Wall-e (the movie) Was A Game
- My Game is Better Than Your Game!
- Mario Melodies: Counterpoint part.2
- Mario Melodies: The Main Theme
- Oh the Pages You'll Number
- Mario Melodies: Counterpoint part.1
- Mario Melodies: Variation part.3
- Mario Melodies: Variation part.2
- Neo*RPG Interplay
- Mario Melodies: Variation part.1
- A Day's Delay
- Mario Melodies: Interplay part.2
- Mario Melodies: Interplay part.1
- Mario Melodies: Introduction
- A Simple Update and Kudos
- "I": Videogame's Greatest Character
- A Drebin Point of Contention
- Drebin #1: Asynchronous Time
- Drebin #1#2
- Just Call It A Game
- Finding the Essence
- Just a Few Things on My Mind....
- Where Wii Fits
- Wii Sad
- Mechanics and Abstractions part.4
- Mechanics and Abstractions part.3
- Mechanics and Abstractions part.2
- Mechanics and Abstractions part.1
- Nintendo & Items
- Mario Kart Wii and Beyond...
- An Interview: Carl
- An Interview with Dr. Mario Kart
- Mario Klutter
- Mario Kart = Mario Bros. on Wheels
- It's Mario Kart Week!
- Design Trend: If one is good...
- 2D vs 3D: Lost in Space
- Sigma vs. Dragon Sword
- An Issue with Creativity
- If Teaching was a Game pt. 2
- ANd-OR: Oh, the Possibilities
- GuitaRPG Update
- If Teaching was a Game
- Open Discourse 2: Let's Talk Yomi
- Design Challenge #5 Novint Falcon
- If Sheet Music Was A Game
- Open Discourse
- GuitART Styles
- Money Matters? The Value of a Rupee
- Link: He Speaks Like No Child
- From Minerals to Force Gems: Evolving the RTS Genre
- Decoupling the Player Input
- Function Creates Form: A Look at the Zelda Series Unifiying Design Philosophies
- A Bit of Research: Stale-Move Negation
- Seventh Impressions: ...and the ugly
- Sixth Impressions: Preserving the Fighting Spirit
- Fifth Impressions: Balance & Dynamics
- Fourth Impressions: Controllers
- Third Impressions: Lots of Lists
- Second Impressions: Big Differences
- First Impressions: Brawl
- It's a Secret to Everybody
- GuitaRPG: Fitting Form to Function
- Layton and the Clean Bill of Success
- GuitaRPG Features Showcase
- Reducing the Clutter
- The Language of Creators
- Critical Casts #5 Everyday Guitar Bros.
- Design Challenge #4
- Eureka! Level Design... I've found you.
- Design Challenge #1 Charlie Wilson's Advance Wars
- Critical Casts #4: Music Merging with Games
- Design Challenge #3
- Assembling Allies
- Critical Casts #3 GuitaRPG
- Critical Casts Episode 2
- Critical Casts are GO!
- [insert game here] Discourse
- Look. Don’t Touch.
- Sorry Sister. It’s just business
- Death, Milk, and Diving Suits
- BioShock: An RPG in Disguise
- The Aims of BioShock: Shoddy Shooting
- Lefty Loosy Righty Tighty
- Game with a Pencil
- Subversive Portal: Review
- Bioshock Defense Review
- GOTY: Gotta Have One
- Critical Casts ->12/05/07
- Even Jaffe Knows
- SMG - Edge Re-review
- What Being a Critic Does....
- Mass Effect- Game Informer Re-review
- Portal: Narrative
- Approaching Game Narrative Critique
- SMG- 1up Review of a Review
- SMG- Eurogamer Review of a Review & Player Response