| INSTEAD OF SAYING: | TRY SAYING: |
|---|---|
| "This feels incomplete." | "This game empowers the player to fill its fruitful void." |
| "This game isn't fun!" | "Art concerns itself with more than mere pleasure, and games are no exception." |
| "My game shipped with an obvious dominant strategy." | "Players should quickly feel the satisfaction of coming to near-agreement about the heuristics of this game." |
| "This is just a point salad." | "This game puts its mechanics on a pedestal." |
| "Looks like you have a cursed design problem." | "Twitter is going to love hearing you explain this cursed design problem." |
| "This is just Wingspan but worse." | "This game is clearly a love letter to Wingspan." |
| "The winner of this game is determined almost entirely by the starting player." | "This game elegantly hides its asymmetrical design." |
| "This game feels like mostly empty space and waiting moves." | "This game allows players to exist in the limen, a blessed respite from our modern convenience culture." |
