PatientRock.com Reviews and random thoughts about video games, geocaching, board games, and whatever else I'm obsessing about today.

IFComp 2018!

Posted on October 2, 2018November 15, 2018 by PatientRock

The IFComp is back! The interactive fiction competition for 2018 has launched and I’m trying once again to follow along.

Zombies alone don’t make for a good apocalypse

Posted on September 24, 2018February 3, 2019 by PatientRock

I survived The Walking Dead: Our World, a location based game with augmented reality elements.

Pokémon Go: a near-perfect slot machine

Posted on September 18, 2018February 3, 2019 by PatientRock

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.

I’ve fallen in love with a dead game.

Posted on September 5, 2018September 5, 2018 by PatientRock

I’ve discovered and fallen in love with the card game, Android: Netrunner. Too bad the game has been officially declared dead.

Opening up rifts in my house

Posted on July 25, 2018September 5, 2018 by PatientRock

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.

Chess you can be bad at

Posted on July 16, 2018July 16, 2018 by PatientRock

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.

Augmented Reality Geocaching

Posted on July 3, 2018February 3, 2019 by PatientRock

New guidelines for augmented reality geocaching were quietly released and the geocaching community is abuzz. I, for one, couldn’t resist.

Acting strangely in the alleys of Silent Streets

Posted on June 22, 2018February 3, 2019 by PatientRock

Completed the second episode of Silent Streets, a game with geolocative storytelling and augmented reality elements that mostly clash with each other.