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Player sees tech when it doesn’t work. Several seconds of lost focus is possible due to a long loading screen, delayed control, sudden frame drop or network error. With good game technology, you’ll barely notice it’s there, and it makes actions quick and predictable. Game engines combine graphics, physics, sounds, input and game rules into…

I like the mossy cave leading to the Great Deku Tree, the way the tunnel feels less like infrastructure and more like an accident of nature. Like Link is boring through the wild history of a world indifferent to him trudging through it. Like if he sat down there for a little too long, the…