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Secret Game Missions

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You Haven't Played Most Of These Games

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Boss Fight Recycling

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Risky Damage in Games

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More Terrible Gimmick Bosses

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BOLD Status Effects

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Great and Terrible UX Design in Games - Good Design, Bad Design

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Modern Games NEED Style

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Crazy (but not too crazy) Game Weather

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Triple Bosses: Why Are They Different?

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The 16 Best (?) Games of 2025

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What's The Deal With Corpse Runs?

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Super Mario Power-Ups Retrospective (1985 - 1992)

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Terrible Game Missions

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Graphic Design in New Games - Good Design, Bad Design 17

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Boss Fight Secrets Are Crazy

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Roguelikes Are Getting Weird

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How Can You Spice Up A Time Limit?

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What's The Point of a Weird Status Effect?

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Really Slow Boss Fights

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A Lot Of Games Of The Year 2024

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Games That Make Stealing Fun

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Good Design, Bad Design Vol. 16: The Best and Worst of Video Game Graphic Design

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What Makes A Good Spooky Stage?

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What Makes A Good Luck Mechanic?

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What Makes A Terrible Gimmick Boss?

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Good Design, Bad Design Vol. 15: The Best and Worst of Video Game Graphic Design

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Building A Good Place To Fight - RPG Battlefields

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What's Up With These Sketchy Tutorials?

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What Makes A Good Multiple Phase Boss Fight?

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How Do Games Design Around No Damage?

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What Makes A Great Sleep Mechanic?

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What Makes A Great In-Game Shop?

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How Can You Spice Up A Healing System?

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How Do Games Play With Poison?

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What Makes A Great Rival Boss?

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What Makes A Good Super Move?

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How Can You Make Backtracking Fun?

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What Makes A Good Game Companion?

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What Makes A Good Boss Rush?

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The Evolution of Mario Kart Items

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What Makes A Hot Fire Level?

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What Makes A Great Impossible Boss?

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What Makes A Good Difficulty Option?

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What Makes Good Rhythm Game UX?

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What's the Deal with Fast Travel?

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What Makes A Great Double Boss Fight?

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What Makes A Cool Winter Level?

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What's The Point of a Day-Night Cycle in Games?

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Good Design, Bad Design Vol. 14 - Great and Terrible Graphic Design in Games

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What Makes a Good Cast of Game Villains?

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Why Do Games Shift in Tone?

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What Makes A Good Secret Boss?

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What Makes A Game Speedrun Friendly?

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What's The Point of Elements in Games?

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How Do Save Systems Shape Games?

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The Evolution of Mario Kart Tracks

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How Do You Improve Turn Based Combat?

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What's The Point of a First Level?

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What Makes A Good Colossal Boss?

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What Makes a Good RPG Town?

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Good Design, Bad Design Vol. 13 with JoCat - Advance Wars, Chicory, Astroneer and More ~ Design Doc

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How Do You Make Fun Unlockables?

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How Do You Make A Great Sequel?

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What Makes A Great First Boss?

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Why Is It So Hard To Make Games On Rails?

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What Makes a Game Cozy? ~ Design Doc

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Whatever Happened to Random Battles?

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How Do You Build RPG Party Chemistry?

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What's the Point of Critical Hits?

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The Zelda Pattern - How to Spice Up Bland Game Boss Design ~ Design Doc

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Good Design, Bad Design Vol. 12 - Video Game Graphic Design at its Best and Worst

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Side Quests - How To Make A Good Detour

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Collectibles - How To Make Chores Fun In Games

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Boss Battle Design Vol. 3 - Okami, Sonic Mania, and what's wrong with Zorah Magdaros

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Good Design, Bad Design Vol. 11 - Tetris, Hyper Light Drifter, and Great Game Animation

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What Led Supergiant To Hades? ~ Design Doc

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What Makes a Great Hub World? - How Mario 64, Spyro, and Hades Made Theirs ~ Design Doc

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What Makes a Good Level Up System?

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How Do You Design a Cast of Enemies?

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Good Design, Bad Design X - More of the Best and Worst Graphic Design in Games

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How Can I Stop Item Hoarding In Games?

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What's the Point of Status Effects? ~ Design Doc

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Good Design, Bad Design Vol. 9 - The Graphic Design of Animal Crossing, Resident Evil 2, and More

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What Makes a Good New Game Plus?

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What Makes For A Better Mario Boss?

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What Makes A Game Replayable?

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Good Design, Bad Design Vol. 8 - Analyzing the Graphic Design in Cuphead, Jackbox, and More

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Design Doc's Favorite Games of the Year - Fire Emblem, Ring Fit Adventure, and Yooka-Laylee

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Designing Modern Adventure Games - Ace Attorney, Danganronpa, and More ~ Design Doc

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Designing Classic Adventure Games - King's Quest, Myst, Monkey Island and More

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Good Design, Bad Design Vol. 7 - The Best and Worst of Graphic and UI Design in Games ~ Design Doc

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Boss Battle Design Vol. 2 - Designing Engaging Boss Fights in Games

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Game Design Rebrands - New Core Mechanics vs. Fan Expectations ~ Design Doc

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The History of Console Cheat Devices - How the Game Genie and GameShark Took Over The 90s

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Good Design, Bad Design Vol. 6 - The Best and Worst of Video Game Graphic Design

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Inventory UX Design - How Zelda, Resident Evil, and Doom Make Great Game Menu UX

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Experimental Kart Racers - Sonic, Kirby, Snowboard Kids & More

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Game Patents - Protecting Crazy Taxi's Arrow, Nintendo's D-Pad & More

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Boss Battle Design ~ Design Doc