Arcade!
Okay, Jaybird’s recent post really got me thinking about old school uprights and what really ought to be in an arcade. So, if I won the megamillions one day, and could afford to both buy these things and upgrade their… Continue Reading
video games
Exemplar!
Game consoles come with technical limitations. When they ship, they generally have upper bounds and lower bounds, and if your game doesn’t fit somewhere in that range, your game is going to be… less than enjoyable. Let’s talk about going… Continue Reading
Blitzkrieg!
Jaybird has been talking about characterization lately, and game context influencing your characterization decisions. As I mentioned in the comments: You’re talking to a guy who built characters for his mayors in SimCity. The “Well, why *wouldn’t* I?” question never… Continue Reading
“I Swing My Sword at The Goblin…”
Jaybird mentioned Combat the other day, and it’s a topic that is near and dear to my heart, so I’m going to write about it. Simulated combat is something that takes place both in tabletop RPGs and in video games.… Continue Reading
Saturday!
So… what are you playing? I’m intruiged by the Catherine game and will be firing that up once all errands are run.
Saturday!
So… what are you playing? I *FINALLY* beat Dragon Age II last night! Here’s the review in a nutshell: It is the first Bioware Game I have ever played where I did not immediately start playing it again the second… Continue Reading
Agency!
This review of Dragon Age II has minor spoilers for Dragon Age II and middlin’ spoilers for Dragon Age. Here’s the spoiler-free analogy version of the review: In Dragon Age, to bring up inventory, you pushed one button. In Dragon… Continue Reading
Encumberance!
There is always a problem with writing reviews of matters of taste… specifically, the whole “one man’s DC is another man’s Marvel” or however the statement goes. I know that *I* enjoy games like Space Invaders… but let’s say that… Continue Reading
Saturday!
So… what are you playing and/or watching? I’m still only ankle-deep in Dragon Age II. I’ve got the 50 gold pieces I need, but still want to clean up a handful of quests before I move on to knee-deep.… Continue Reading
Tokens!
Okay. So Andrew Sullivan linked to an essay discussing the death of the arcade… and I’ve got to say that the essay he linked to did not take into consideration the title of this particular essay. When I was a… Continue Reading