Comment by carelesswhisper

Not articles, but a favourite Youtube channel of mine is Game Maker’s Tookit. It does informative videos on various game-design topics, like story-telling through level design, how multi-player games get balanced, deep-dives into well-made levels from various games and what makes them so good, etc.

Here’s an example (and the channel’s most-viewed video) - How Game Designers Protect Players From Themselves

https://youtu.be/7L8vAGGitr8