Try to understand US game design (2,6)

'try to understand us' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'game design' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'game' could be 'go' (go is a board game) and 'go' is found in the answer.
'design' could be 'figure' (synonyms) and 'figure' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?