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What a Grand Strategy Game Is

A grand strategy game is a type of strategy game in which you guide a whole nation, empire or people across a long span of...

Lena OkaforOct 9, 20264 min read
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Real-Time Strategy Games, Explained

A real-time strategy game, often shortened to RTS, is a strategy game in which the action unfolds continuously rather than in...

Martin AshbyOct 8, 20264 min read
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The Appeal of Game Preservation

Games are a young medium, yet already much of its history is at risk of being lost, as old games become unplayable on vanished...

Lena OkaforOct 8, 20264 min read
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How Games Handle Choice and Consequence

One of gaming's most powerful ideas is letting players make choices that matter, decisions that shape the story and the world.

Martin AshbyOct 8, 20264 min read
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What Stealth Games Do Differently

Most action games reward confrontation: charge in, defeat your enemies, win. Stealth games do something radically different.

Lena OkaforOct 8, 20264 min read
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The Art of the Platformer

The platformer is one of gaming's foundational genres, built on the simplest of actions: jumping.

Martin AshbyOct 7, 20264 min read