Information, Failure, and Trust

When a Quest Marker Solves the Wrong Problem

This article explores why modern quest markers often solve navigation problems while ignoring deeper issues of spatial l...

How Games Teach You a Rule Without Ever Explaining It

This article explores how games teach complex rules implicitly through careful environmental design, affordances, and fe...

Elden Ring’s Guidance Problem: Design Failure or Deliberate Mystery?

This article investigates Elden Ring’s guidance problem, analyzing how sparse formal instruction, environmental signpost...

What an Enemy Telegraph Promises – and What It Is Allowed to Hide