Awesome-Looking New 2D Scrolling Adventure: “Aquaria”
I just discovered this totally fine-looking 2D game coming soon for the PC from an independant group of developers. The game is called “Aquaria”, and appears to feature a blue-elf who does a lot of...
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Firetop Mountain
Back when I was working at Transmeta, a couple of coworkers introduced me to a terrific play-by-email game called Firetop Mountain. It’s a fun game of intrigue, of magical duels, of predicting your...
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BTW: Aquaria
A while ago I mentioned a great-looking new shareware game coming out, called Aquaria. Well, it’s out now, I’ve played the demo, I plan to buy it (birthday present to myself?), it’s great. Go get it!...
View ArticleDonkey Kong and (Not) Me
Slashdot posts an enjoyable read, on one man’s experiences coding videogame carts for Atari in the early 80s. My favorite quote: Code should both entertain and educate.
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Wee
I picked up a Wii yesterday. I’ve been calling over at the local Game Crazy every day since Monday of last week. I’d been told they get them in about once every couple weeks. Finally, when I called...
View ArticleReflections on Wii
The Way Games Were Meant To Be Played So, I’ve had my Wii now for over a month. I’ve had a chance to play several games, and feel like I’ve pretty much broken it in. From the first moment that you play...
View ArticleNot Especially Common
Tycho Brahe of Penny Arcade pretty much summed up my feeling of the current state of Wii games: If your Wii is not used exclusively for bowling when your parents are over, you probably get excited when...
View ArticleRom Check Fail
Fun game: Rom Check Fail, Windows and i386 GNU/Linux. From the site: Recipe for ROM CHECK FAIL Carefully place a dozen arcade classics in a large mixing bowl. Add a dash of awesomesauce, cover the...
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What the Best Games Have
My inaugural post to this blog was a short lament about the abysmal state of video/computer games. Unfortunately, the situation has not improved since that time. If anything, it’s gotten decidedly...
View ArticleNew Adventure Game from Ron Gilbert: DeathSpank
So, perhaps there’s hope for the gaming world after all. Ron Gilbert, the creator of Maniac Mansion, the renowned Monkey Island series, and the famous SCUMM adventure-game scripting engine, is doing a...
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