If we’re going to talk about games, we need to cover some basics. Some terms For the purposes of our discussions, a game is pretty simply: A set of rules that transforms some input into some output. ‘Input’ in this case is inclusive of a variety of things, from the current game state, to the… Read More »

When I was in the fifth grade, I went to Barnes & Noble with my mother, and after ditching her to look for some of Prima’s Official Strategy Guides for games I had never heard of (nor, it turned out, would ever play) I came across an aisle that I had never really explored before.… Read More »