Originally from the UK Anthony is an avid reader and writer, now based in Finland. He graduated from the University of Nottingham with a BA in German with Dutch Studies and spent a semester each in ...

Permadeath has been one of the most contentuous features in online gaming since as far back as I can remember. The feeling of permanently losing a character you've spent months training up and playing ...

Chris Harkin is a gamer who creates all sorts of content across the internet, from writing and video creation to streaming gaming on YouTube. He loves taking on challenges and gaming every day in one ...

What's the best way to ramp up a game's difficulty? Permadeath—a favorite mechanic of the roguelike genre—is a quick and easy way for a game to suddenly become way more difficult. Deck-building ...

One facet of video games that's been around almost since the very beginning is the difficulty level. This has allowed the player to choose how hard or easy a game would be from the onset, influencing ...

There’s nothing a true dungeon crawler enjoys more than an evening navigating a randomly-generated map full of traps ready to be sprung, hordes of enemies to slay, dangerous piles of shinies tainted ...