Game Design
The Fun Paradox
Why 'make it fun' is the most useless design advice ever given.
Business
A/B Testing in Games
Showing different versions of a game to different players to see which makes more money.
Culture
Review Bombing
When players cannot vote with their wallets fast enough, they vote with zeroes on Metacritic instead.
Strategy & Management Games
LMA Manager 2003
A licensed football-management entry where official branding tries to make boardroom fantasy feel real.
RPG Games
The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon
Falcom's continuity-heavy JRPG saga kept expanding westward with another lore-dense release.
Based on infomaxxxing codebase