MAGOT is a game design and ludology blog that provides crunchy commentary and analysis for dedicated gamer types and people interested in design. Here's this week's articles


League of Legends card game week 1:
A look into the turn sequence in the League of Legends card game in detail and how card placement affects the game

Indepth: kinaesthetics:
A large article on the aspects of design focused around touch and physical interactions between player and game.

Transistor fanart and discussion:
An examination of the subtler aspects of character design in Supergiant's newly announced Transistor that make Red stand out as a well executed female protagonist.

Towards a more useful discussion of game design:
A discussion of some of the problems with the current way game design is analysed and discussed by the design community.


As always, this Blog is intended for discussion and Q&A around the topics above.

Cheers
Stefan