IdoKendoDifficult decisions and the illusion of choiceIf all movies always had a happy ending, after watching enough movies, the viewers would be disillusioned and there would be no stakes. We…3 min read·Mar 12, 2021----
IdoKendoThe mechanical depth of pushing logsI’ve recently been playing a lot of A Monster’s Expedition: Through Puzzling Exhibitions. The game has you playing as a humanoid black…2 min read·Feb 15, 2021----
IdoKendoLosing without losing yourselfBack in the arcade days of old, losing a game meant that you had to put another coin into the machine to keep playing. Games had to be…5 min read·Jan 23, 2021----
IdoKendoThe difficulty of difficulty levelsOftentimes, when starting to play a new game the player is faced with their first challenge — selecting the difficulty level at which they…5 min read·Jan 16, 2021----