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Hypothetical Question: Perspective

steve — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:22:03 +0000

Imagine for a second that I'm working on a kind of old school game. Imagine further that as I'm working on said game, I'm open to suggestions and other sorts of help from the Internet at large, rather than going it alone. Now, if I were going to do that, it's possible that the game [...]

The Adventures of a Noob – Star Ruler

steve — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:28:28 +0000

The Adventures of a Noob is a recurring column in which I dive into a (potentially) complex game without reading the manual, FAQ, any help files, or playing a tutorial. I then catalog my first impressions and thought process as I attempt to figure out the game. This may end up being amusing, or it [...] Related posts:

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Unamommer is my new Favorite Site Ever

steve — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:08:30 +0000

In a thread over on NeoGaf, I got linked to a blog called the Unamommer (awesome name, btw). The thread in question was discussing the recently released Elemental: War of Magic, from Stardock entertainment. The nerdier parts of the gaming Internet have been abuzz about some controversy about the game's release, but I don't really [...]

Captcha Your Imagination: Comatile Mom

steve — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:43:09 +0000

I've started making quick prototypes of games out of captchas, because really, "why not?" A general post mortem follows. First, for a general idea of what this series of blog posts is about, see the general Captcha Your Imagination page. Also, my plan is to go through [...] Related posts:

Captcha Your Imagination

Penny Arcade! – Words And Their Meanings

steve — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:02:49 +0000

Today's Penny Arcade has started a bit of an online dialogue, focusing on the topic of buying games used vs. new. Penny Arcade! - Words And Their Meanings. A quote from the accompanying newspost: The idea that THQ is somehow "disrespecting customers" with this kind of rhetoric misunderstands the situation as completely as it is [...]

My Oblivion Mod List

steve — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:39:55 +0000

Off and on lately, I've been replaying Oblivion. I tend to do this with any Bethesda RPG... play it extensively when it first comes out, and then revisit it years later after modding it into a mostly unrecognized state. This makes the game feel almost like a sequel at this point, because of how little [...]

The Brainy Gamer: Portal on the booklist

steve — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:11:48 +0000

The Brainy Gamer has a piece on how Portal is being introduced as required reading for a course called "Enduring Questions" at Wabash College. This is awesome. The Brainy Gamer: Portal on the booklist. Our charge from the faculty made it clear that we should apply a broad definition to "readings," and I believe my [...] Related posts:

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The Brainy Gamer: Fun Factor Catalog

steve — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:24:12 +0000

Been a while since I updated, due to some travel, some visitors, and some other general busy-ness (as opposed to business). Not only have I fallen behind on updating ye olde blog, I've fallen behind on my reading too. So I've been generally catching up, and sometime during that time,was linked to the following piece, [...] Related posts:

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Yakuza 3 reviewed by Yakuza – Boing Boing

steve — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:58:04 +0000

This was a great idea for a feature. Read what actual Yakuza guys have to say about the game Yakuza 3: Yakuza 3 reviewed by Yakuza - Boing Boing. Kiryu is fighting all the time. He's gotta be a fucking idiot. No yakuza is going to run around getting into fistfights like that. Especially not [...]

Bad Pitch/Good Pitch: Orgy Porgy

steve — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:05:46 +0000

Bad Pitch/Good Pitch is a recurring feature in which I take some sort of creative work, and pretend that I am pitching it to the executives. One pitch is terrible, and would never get the project greenlit, and the other is presumably better. In theory, both are factual portrayals of the content of the project. [...] Related posts: