The History of Fighting Games and Why the Genre Is Still Thriving
Quick take: The fighting game genre created competitive video gaming before esports was a concept, weathered multiple near-deaths,…
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How to Build a Budget Gaming PC Without Sacrificing What Matters
Quick take: Building a budget gaming PC is mostly about ruthless prioritization. The GPU is almost always the…
What Makes a Game Mechanic Truly Satisfying to Interact With?
Quick take: Game feel — the quality of how a mechanic responds to your inputs — is one…
The Psychology Behind Why Video Games Are So Difficult to Put Down
Quick take: Video games are difficult to stop playing not because you lack willpower, but because they are…
How Speedrunning Became a Legitimate Competitive Scene
Quick take: What started as a niche hobby — obsessive gamers trying to beat games as fast as…
Why Some Video Games Are Considered Art and Others Aren’t
Quick take: The question of whether video games are art has been debated for decades, but it is…
How Playing Snake Led Me to Build an AI: A Story About Problem Solving
Quick take: The path from playing a simple mobile game to building artificial intelligence is shorter than most…