A personal blog by a board game designer reflecting on design ideas such as starting small, impostor syndrome, and invisible rules in games. Readers get short, conversational essays that mix anecdote with practical observations about game design craft.
Website: https://blog.brainsteingames.com/
A Spanish-language blog-style newsletter about tabletop roleplaying games, covering game design, running sessions, and reviews of titles like Mörk Borg, Vampiro: la Mascarada and Delta Green. Its issues are personal essays with a clear opinion on how RPG mechanics shape play, such as why failure can make a game more fun.
Alexander Jason Fulton-style personal blog posts about oddities of pop culture, art and small creative projects. Readers get curious, lightly humorous explorations such as indexing a TV sitcom's family jokes, comparing themes in paintings, and building a game for Apple Watch.
A newsletter on game narrative design that analyses storytelling techniques in specific games, with occasional personal essays on football and politics. Readers get close readings of character archetypes and how platforms shape stories.
Rob Pereyda, a longtime anime industry insider, writes about the business of anime and games, including market friction outside Japan, yearly predictions and scorecards. Readers get industry analysis, M&A and AI-dataset trend commentary, and a candid view of where anime business is heading.
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