Paul Dean
'Mini Motorways' Is a Beautiful Game About the Futility of Roadbuilding
Become an architect of an infrastructure, and your own hubris.
Lead a Medieval Village Where All the Workers and Warriors are Dice
'Dice Legacy' draws from worker placement games, city builders, roguelikes, and even blockchain engineering to invent a new kind of strategy game.
'Nox Archaist' Is the Newest RPG for the Apple II
More than just a retro homage, the game nevertheless features Steve Wozniak and Richard Garriot.
How to Make a Good Fake Video Game
How one television show got video games right after so many get them wrong.
Catan at 25: Checking in on a Once-Revolutionary Board Game
How 'Settlers of Catan' introduced the world to a different kind of family game.
Why a 26-Year-Old Strategy Classic Just Received Its First DLC
How a modder's obsessive work to improve a flawed game was finally canonized.