Paranoia is a powerful, powerful emotion. At its most benevolent, it can cause us humans to be skeptical and not take what’s being presented to us at pure face value, allowing us to postulate alternative explanations to the facts at...
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As part of our August Spotlight on Who Goes There?, we strive to inform readers of little extra tidbits surrounding the game. Games are made by people, and one of those tidbits we enjoy is learning a little bit more about...
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They say that crime doesn’t pay. Yet in the world of fiction and pop culture, few crimes are more glamorized than that of The Heist. Second only to perhaps the quest for vengeance, thievery is one of those topics that...
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Not every Magic card is destined to be super complex, unique, or even all that interesting. Based on the volume of cards that Magic releases every year, the game would rapidly destabilize in its appeal to casual and non-rotating Eternal...
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No matter how many new games get shown off at a convention, even one with as many shiny new options to captivate your free time, there is always a contingent of gamers who can’t help but continually look past them...
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As interest in board games continues to rise, so too does the interest in exploring new ways of playing those games. One such way is through digital ‘ports’ of those games – translating them PCs, consoles, phones, and tablets. While...
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Researching can be hard, even if that research is for cards in a game that you use to entertain yourself during your free time. Research is time consuming and can take you down many different avenues of information that you...
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Gen Con may cast a heavy spotlight on the physical games as the primary focus of the event, but it’s hardly the only notable thing that occurs there, as you’d expect when 60,000 people descend on one city at the...
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If you weren’t able to make it to Gen Con and / or our writer’s panel Q&A, fear not! You can now check out the whole thing here:
Predicting any market behavior is a guessing game. No matter how much data you accumulate, how many experts you consult, or how much ad time you buy, humans are only predictable to a certain point. The same goes with gaming....
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