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Should You Play Balatro With A Calculator?

A new Game Maker's Toolkit video asks how much information you should have about a game

A Video Game Can’t Tell You Why New York Times Headlines Suck, But It’s A Start 

The New York Times Simulator lets you pretend to be a homepage editor

More Like A-Why? (With Ed Zitron)

"What happens if we realize at this point that AI is not that useful?"

AI NPCs Have Potential, But Not The Kind Big Video Game Companies Want

They're fun to mess with, but they're also broken, weird, and may never be ready to power triple-A games

None Of This Is New

An interview with Ken Levine is a relic of the past

Sega Workers Secure Union Contract, Despite Layoffs

A big win for Sega workers even after the company demonstrated "a hostile stance toward worker organizing"

Ever Wonder How An In-Game Economy Is Designed And Maintained?

Those numbers--and the balancing act they require--don't put themselves in the game