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

Playing From Another Room

Posted on May 16, 2017 by PatientRock

I’ve been obsessed with TRNTBL, a clever website that streams music modified to sound like it’s playing from another room. There’s something voyeuristic about it. It’s annoying even, as you may love a song but when someone else is playing it from afar, like some idiot neighbor, it forms some

I actually finished a fairly new game.

Posted on May 3, 2017 by PatientRock

I just finished THIMBLEWEED PARK, the new adventure game from the makers of MANIAC MANSION, the game that probably kept my local video store afloat.

GeoGearheads Podcast

Posted on April 21, 2017February 3, 2019 by PatientRock

I was a guest on the GeoGearHeads podcast to talk about the intersection of geolocation gaming and storytelling! Please give it a listen.

Origins and running code

Posted on March 28, 2017February 3, 2019 by PatientRock

I started my illustrious geocaching career on a whim, sparked by CODERUNNER, a game that I didn’t even play until five years later.

Doodling Vignettes

Posted on March 8, 2017March 8, 2017 by PatientRock

The release of the HIDDEN FOLKS game took me on a whirlwind nostalgia tour of Where’s Waldo, Richard Scarry, and more. It’s a cute little game.

Ill-thought Hidden

Posted on February 6, 2017February 3, 2019 by PatientRock

I explore the OUTTHINK HIDDEN augmented reality, location-based app built to promote the HIDDEN FIGURES movie.

Geocaching Robot

Posted on January 18, 2017February 3, 2019 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.

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