Posts by Hyliansoul (Gamer)
What The Live-Service Shake-Up Means For Free-To-Play Gaming
Free-to-play gaming has entered a new age. The download still costs nothing, but the audience now charges in attention, patience, ...
I Used the Errand Date as a Compatibility Test. Here Is What It Actually Measured
I was standing in the tinned goods aisle of a Sainsbury's in Hackney, holding two jars of passata, and I was not shopping. I was m...
Why RNG Feels Rigged, and What Game Designers Actually Do About It
You line up a 95% shot in XCOM. You miss. You reload, take the same shot, and miss again. Somewhere around the third miss, you say...
Health Stuff Gamers Ignore Until It Stops Them Playing
You would notice 3ms of input lag. You would notice a frame-time spike, a fan bearing that started whining last Tuesday, a mouse s...
How Professional 2D Animation Supports Better Game Art
Game art must do more than look attractive in a still image. It needs to react to player input, communicate emotion, support gamep...
Are Prediction Markets the Future of iGaming, or Just a Passing Trend?
Prediction markets are one of the major trends that have been recently dominating iGaming. They not only offer a new way of foreca...
What AI Voice and Video Tools Actually Change for Gaming Creators
Quick summary: Ask a gaming creator what the hard part of the job is, and almost nobody says ideas. They say hours. The edit, the ...
How GameZone Changes the Experience of Playing JILI Games
Ask most players what makes a gaming platform good, and they will talk about the games. That is the obvious answer, and it is only...
Why Browser Games Keep Getting Harder, And Why The Difficulty Is The Point
I keep a graveyard of half-finished games in my phone's browser tabs. For years, clearing them was mindless. A puzzle here on a bu...
Easiest Way To Play Solitaire Online Anytime
There is a particular kind of calm in a quiet card game. No opponent to outwit, no clock ticking, just you, a shuffled deck, and a...