small games that punch above their weight
Train Your Brain to Eat Less Sugar
A recent study led by Evan Forman, PhD, a psychology professor in Drexel University's College of Arts and Sciences, shows that a computer game can be used to train its players to eat less sugar, as way of reducing their weight and improving their health.
How to Gamify Wellness Without Missing the Point | Built In
SuperBetter designed a game to support healthy real-world habits. Here’s how its designers combine UX with behavioral science.
GameSpot's SIMply Divine: The Story of Maxis Software
GameSpot action adventure driving puzzle role-playing simulation sports strategy hardware
» Rollercoaster Tycoon (or, MicroProse’s Last Hurrah) The Digital Antiquarian
I think it touches on two of the most fundamental aspects of human nature. We all like doing something constructive, where we can see that we are creating something from virtually nothing, and we all have a desire to nurture or look after things. This is what the game is all about. You spend hours painstakingly building your park and roller coasters up piece by piece, and then it becomes your own baby, which you want to look after and keep running smoothly, watching it grow in popularity and delighted by all the little guests who are enjoying all your hard work. Of course, the subject matter, roller coasters and theme parks, helps a lot as well. What could be more fun in a game than to build and run a park which is full of little people also having fun?
Magic: The Gathering is Turing Complete
$\textit{Magic: The Gathering}$ is a popular and famously complicated trading card game about magical combat. In this paper we show that optimal play in real-world $\textit{Magic}$ is at least as...
Funny Games
All the games in the Funny Games collection are the kind of games you play for fun, just for fun.
Experimental Games Showcase
The Experimental Game Workshop Showcase, which featured games like 'Baba Is You', 'The Longing', 'Braid', 'Untitled Goose Game' and 'Katamari Damacy', is back for its 24th year at GDC! In this fast-paced, game-packed session, panelists will...
Metroidbrainia: An in-depth exploration of knowledge-gated games · Thinky Games
Thinky Games presents a definitive guide to metroidbrania games: What they are, how different games explore the idea in their own way, and a list of our favorites.
FlyKnight
Explore, fight, loot and fish! Solo or in co-op mode in this Old School First Person Dungeon Crawler. Earn your knighthood as you oppose the evil witch Lunamoth and stop her curse which prevents everyone from growing wings.
Kittens Game - a Dark Souls of incremental gaming
Protonauts (@protonauts.bsky.social)
A multiplayer web game on atproto. Built with React Three Fiber. Explore, build, and leave something behind.
Brainrot: Deskilling and Addiction are Overlooked AI Risks | Proceedings of the 2026 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency
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The cult of the cookie clicker: When is a game not a game?
There's a growing obsession online with cookies, imaginary chocolate chip cookies.
Opinion | You Can Have the Blue Pill or the Red Pill, and We’re Out of Blue Pills (Published 2023)
In games like chess, no human can hope to beat a computer. What happens when the same thing occurs in art, politics or religion?
Wargames
anything related to wargame especially as a sand box for strategy
3 tactics for leading a team through uncertainty
Strategy Is a Loop, Not a Plan | Ragan McGill
Emergent Strategy