Today's the day -- Love and Electronic Affection: A Design Primer is now available! For this romance-focused volume, I contributed a...

Update, March 20, 2020: I'm sad to report that ECGC, along with many other conferences and events, was cancelled this year due to the...

I'm excited to announce the publication of my chapter for the book Digital Love: Romance & Sexuality in Video Games (Taylor & Francis,...

In this essay, I analyzed the narrative design in Heavy Rain, paying particular attention to how its writers expressed mental illness,...

I just played Inner Vision for the second time. It's a Flash visual novel in which the player must talk three people through their...

I. Overall Storytelling Portal is a short first-person puzzle platformer through which the player progresses by shooting a portal gun to...

In this essay, I analyzed the narrative design in Dragon Age: Origins, paying particular attention to how its writers interpreted...

The following is an analysis of the narrative design of Dragon Age: Origins, which was one of three essays selected for recognition at...

This entry is the second in a series of nine entries about David Siegel's Nine Act Story structure as it applies to Dragon Age: Origins,...

This entry is the first in a series of nine entries about David Siegel's Nine Act Story structure as it applies to Dragon Age: Origins, a...

Aristotle defines the "tragic hero" as one who: - evokes a sense of pity or fear leading to catharsis - receives undeserved misfortune -...

In my varied gaming career, I have noticed one common character type in particular (although there are of course many, many game tropes)....