The exquisite corpse of Cragne Manor
Over 80 authors, including myself, joined in a massive project in tribute to the 10th anniversary of Anchorhead, a seminal work of interactive fiction.
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Run Away
Ever on the hunt for interesting location-based gaming I came across a new game called Run an Empire. The screenshots of the game struck my fancy, seemingly hinting at a sort of hex-based strategy game, but with a fitness aspect to it. Cool! I was ready to run.
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Irredeemable Rogue
The legendary creators of the Quest for Glory series of games returned to make Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption, a game that borrows much from that seminal series.
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IFComp 2018!
The IFComp is back! The interactive fiction competition for 2018 has launched and I’m trying once again to follow along.
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Zombies alone don’t make for a good apocalypse
I survived The Walking Dead: Our World, a location based game with augmented reality elements.
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Pokémon Go: a near-perfect slot machine
I hadn’t played Pokemon Go since it was all the rage that 2016 summer season. Checking it out again I found myself re-addicted in a surprising way.
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I’ve fallen in love with a dead game.
I’ve discovered and fallen in love with the card game, Android: Netrunner. Too bad the game has been officially declared dead.
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Opening up rifts in my house
I can’t get enough of augmented reality portal experiences. It’s that dream of stepping into your wardrobe and walking into Narnia almost realized.
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Chess you can be bad at
A well-made chess set will always turn my head, even though I’m not actually any good at the game. I found a couple games where that doesn’t matter so much.
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Augmented Reality Geocaching
New guidelines for augmented reality geocaching were quietly released and the geocaching community is abuzz. I, for one, couldn’t resist.
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