Thoughts on Five Nights at Freddy's

I have seen many people saying Five Nights at Freddy 's is simply a jump-scare fest. While the game does rely a lot on jump scares, I t...

Mental Models

The reality that we sense in front of us is a fiction created by our brains. A host of modules process information in various ways and the e...

Evoking Presence

Playing a videogame can put you in a state where the borders between your self and the character gets blurry. This is one of the major diffe...

Traversal and the Problem With Walking Simulators

To keep the player focused on the game's world is crucial to every game creator. While the player is traversing a space this is even mor...

Thoughts On Inside and Playable Stories

It is easy to view  Inside (2016) as "just" a puzzle game with nice graphics. Many seem to overlook how incredibly good the game ...