Fixing Match 3
For one of the most popular casual games in existence, Match 3 is actually really broken. Until one developer fixed it.
Quakecon 2012 Annotated
An interesting but technically dense talk about gaming technology. I translate it for the non-coders.
The Middle Ages
Would you have survived in the middle ages?
Good to be the King?
Which would you rather be: A king in the middle ages, or a lower-income laborer in the 21st century?
Self-Balancing Gameplay
There's a wonderful way to balance difficulty in RPGs, and designers try to prevent it. For some reason.
T w e n t y S i d e d

*chortle* I love “king of the New Menorians”…
Same – that’s pretty funny.
I just remembered that it reminded me of the similar early gag in Darths & Droids where “You step onto Naboo’s soil” gets misheard by a player as “You step on tuna booze oil”.
Me too! Kinda embarrassed how long it took me, though.
I need to catch up. I was going to wait till you’re done remastering.