We Are Explorers: In Search of Mystery in Videogames  My
favorite videogames are the games I don't fully understand. They
stay with me after I stop playing. They ask questions I cannot
answer. They resonate with mystery.  I get little satisfaction
from completing a game. How boring, the feeling of 100%, all
content exhausted, all achievements earned, all collectibles
collected, all endings ended. If I see all there is to see and
then put the game away, satisfied, then the game has failed me.
I can no longer stomach good game design. Wherein I am led, step
by step, through a litany of features and abilities, all while
being made to feel strong or smart or cool. I am rewarded with
unambiguous feedback and steady progression. I am assured that
every puzzle and challenge, every problem, is solvable in the
end.  But the most interesting problems aren't solvable.  What I
seek is a game that feels alive, that is more than the sum of
its well-oiled parts, that makes me believe. Because once I
believe there's somethi