There tends to be a fairly obvious difference between games that were created to tell a story and games that have a story after the...

A bit of a controversy seen in games media nowadays is how often women star in a leading role. From the moment you are told to list your...

What is Choice in Games? One thing about choice in game design that people often misinterpret is that it solely relates to story...

Whether you’re a veteran gamer or picking up a controller for the first time, semiotics plays a pivotal role in relaying information from...

While it’s a little difficult to say something as dramatic as “it is only a great game if it redefined a genre!” I do think there are...

Soulslike is a relatively new concept in the scheme of genres given that it only came about after the release of the hit title Dark Souls...

When going through my list of which platformers to talk about, I was astounded to realize just how many I had played. In order not to...

First-Person Shooters can be traced all the way back to 1973’s Maze War. However, the modern depiction of FPSs began with the 1992 game...

The technical definition of a roleplaying game is any game that has the player acting in a role, playing out the narrative through...

Survival Horrors have been capturing the hearts of gamers as early as the 1980s. Some of those pixelated boogiemen were just too much for...

The genre that changed how gaming is viewed by all of society is that of Casual or Social games. What was once a passion for dedicated...

The Hack ‘n’ Slash genre is defined as “specifically implying a focus on real-time combat with hand-to-hand weapons as opposed to guns or...

The genre of strategy, or more specifically real-time strategy (RTS) games, are some of the most complicated types of games to design...

Stealth as a Genre The Stealth game genre is a bit hard to narrow down, because it is often incorporated into other elements, rather...

Many of the problems a designer faces when creating Versus Multiplayer Games are shared by those that work on Co-Op Multiplayer as well....

Multiplayer as a Genre Multiplayer is a very wide genre because it can focus on a myriad of different gameplays. What would be long...

Videogame addiction has been the topic of conversation as early as videogames have existed.  The fear and misunderstanding when it comes...