Damn those Ziggurats
It is Saturday morning and I am up early. Why? …
Continue readingDay of Days and dice
For a long time I’ve been itching to play “war” board games. Sure, Risk and Stratego were staples in my house growing up but there’s a whole other degree of game that I didn’t even know existed…
Continue readingMinecraft Revisited
When I first played the game Minecraft I knew that it was going to stick with me for a while. My enthusiasm for the game knew no bounds and I played it for hours, digging deep caverns and building high towers of stone. Minecraft spoke to me in a way that few other games ever had.
But I eventually lost interest in Minecraft.
Beauty and Violence
Steam sales are an evil, evil thing. Games that I’m only slightly interested in suddenly become attractive thanks to their limited-time-only rock bottom price. I’ve been repeatedly seduced into buying games that I don’t really have time to play and sadly have amassed a nice collection of un-played blockbusters.
No more. I’ve made it my goal to start getting through these games and not let those purchases go to waste. One of those untouched games I’ve picked up is Far Cry 2.
The Best Adventure in Years
I’m going to cut to the chase on this one. I absolutely loved playing Gemini Rue from start to finish. It’s easily the best adventure game I’ve played in years. …
Continue readingNostalgia isn’t always rose-colored.
I was very excited to learn that AGDI was remaking my least favorite King’s Quest, King’s Quest III. …
Continue readingLiving Up to the Name
With a blog named “Zombie Apocalypse” it’s probably strange that I haven’t actually written much about about zombies. I recently played a couple zombie themed games, more by coincidence than design, which seemed to capture what I was looking for.
Continue readingIn on the Secret
I ask some random questions of indie developers Twofold Secret, makers of the hit games ‘Where We Remain’ and ‘Sanctuary 17’.
Continue readingLate to the Party
Very slowly, some of the hit games that have been released for the iPhone are finding their way to Android phones. Recently, an iPhone game and video game industry darling, Game Dev Story, was made available in the Android App Market and I hungrily leapt to purchase it after long seeing it touted about through Twitter.
Continue readingDreams of Clay and Cardboard
I had just about completely forgotten about the indie adventure game The Dream Machine by Cockroach, Inc. Recently, I learned from The Dream Machine’s development blog feed that part two of the game was about to be released and that the entire series could be preordered.
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