Meanest Mask-Wearing Maniac
Hotline Miami tried to teach me something. Something about violence? I guess. Probably. It’s hard to tell. It does violence so damned well. …
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Searching for The Learning Annex
A short narrative of a geocaching adventure in New York City. How many times can one man tie his shoes while he searches for a geocache?
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X-Men: Madness in Murderworld Walkthrough & FAQ
Oh God, I’ve done it. I’ve finally written that X-Men Madness in Murderworld guide and map that I promised three years ago.
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Redemption with The Cat Lady
I played another game by a developer whose first game I didn’t like. I’m glad I did.
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Wandering Outside and In
I’ve been doing a lot wandering lately to clear my head. I’ll eat my lunch while continuing to work so that I can use my lunch break to go for a walk. I like to pick a direction and go; sometimes pretending that I’m never coming back. …
Continue readingFreezing at the beach
Getting ready for a vacation and knowing that it might not be bright and sunny at the beach every day, I wanted to load a few games onto our little netbook in case we got rained out. Finding games that will work with this laptop’s tiny resolution has always been tough but the roguelike, Frozen Depths, with its small tile-set, sprung to mind as something that might just work. …
Continue readingGoing over the edge, beautifully
I’ve been keeping on eye on indie dev, Skygoblin’s site in anticipation of the next installment in ‘The Journey Down’ series. Meanwhile, Skygoblin hasn’t been idle. …
Continue readingYou take the high road and I’ll take the zombie road.
It’s rare to see a piece of fiction survive adaptation into a different medium. Most often the thing that made that fiction’s story, its characters, or setting popular doesn’t survive the transition to another form. Being disappointed with The Walking Dead television series I wasn’t holding out much hope for the video game. …
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And this is the story of how your people came to die
I very much love a management video game, especially those where I get to design the layout of the game’s world. Let me build a city and I’ll work to make the most efficient damn city you’ve ever seen. I had long stayed away from the game Dwarf Fortress as it terrified me. …
Continue readingRooting For, Or Against the Setting of the Sun
The best games are those that artfully balance the tension of losing versus the hope of victory. I was eager to break out the board game Last Night on Earth as it seemed to do the things I was felt was missing from “Zombies!!!” and appeared to have a nice mix of cooperative and competitive game mechanics. …
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