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

Geocaching Robot

Posted on January 18, 2017January 20, 2017 by PatientRock

I’ve created a Twitter bot about geocaching! Also wrote a quick post about how the idea came to be and lessons learned.

Turning any page

Posted on January 8, 2017January 8, 2017 by PatientRock

I recently finished a book, ARCADIA, by Iain Pears which turned out to be astonishingly good. A bit about it and the accompanying interactive fiction app.

I’m keeping a list

Posted on December 17, 2016December 18, 2016 by PatientRock

I’m supremely jealous of BLACKBOX, a puzzle game on iOS. It uses every sensor in your phone to maximum effect for some ingenious puzzles. I wish I had thought of it first.

Don’t pick up the phone

Posted on October 21, 2016October 21, 2016 by PatientRock

I dove into the Mr. Robot TV show after learning that an app, a work of interactive fiction, was being released as a promotion for the show. I downloaded Mr. Robot:1.51exfiltrati0n.ipa to my phone and got to hacking.

Now on Facebook

Posted on October 4, 2016October 4, 2016 by PatientRock

I’ve created a Facebook page for this site. I hope you’ll follow me there if Twitter isn’t your thing.

Fermented Fun

Posted on August 18, 2016September 12, 2016 by PatientRock

Like pickles? Have I got a dystopian society for you! I review PICKLE INDEX, another piece of interactive fiction from Sudden Oak.

Juliet_Bot

Posted on August 11, 2016March 7, 2018 by PatientRock

I created a Facebook Messenger bot to suppose what Juliet, of William Shakespeare’s ROMEO AND JULIET, might have thought about her pending arranged marriage.

Zombies Detected

Posted on July 29, 2016 by PatientRock

I’m on my early morning run and my right knee whines as I look ahead at a rising hill. I am full of regret. My dinner last night really should have been more than beer, popcorn, and ice cream. “Zombies detected,” a robotic voice intones.

Gotta catch some of them, I guess

Posted on July 12, 2016July 12, 2016 by PatientRock

POKÉMON GO has turned into something huge. I’ve played a lot of geolocation and GPS games and have some thoughts about the phenomenon.

Guardian of the Blue Light

Posted on June 5, 2016August 10, 2016 by PatientRock

Recently, standing on the shoulders of those who’ve come before me, I created a Twine game that pulls geolocation data. A work in progress, it’s called GUARDIAN OF THE BLUE LIGHT.

Games I’ve made: