January 2011
1 post
December 2010
13 posts
Fallout: New Vegas
I’ve played Fallout: New Vegas on-and-off for the past two months or so, and I’ve largely enjoyed my experience despite having a few hang-ups along the way. My current playthrough is actually my second after the first came to a protracted end due to a decision I made that resulted in the game being unplayable.
I was playing a goody-two-shoes character with a focus on the Explosives...
“Barack Obama, the first black president, proved to millions this year that he is...”
– Barack Obama - Either Doing His Best In One of The Most Difficult Times In American History, Or Hitler | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
The Improvisational Brain →
What Else Would $60 Billion Buy? →
November 2010
11 posts
...But That Was [Yesterday] →
edmundito:
Wow, another amazing game by Michael (OneMrBean) Molinari.
Watchedmundito:
Why Designers Should Learn Programming
October 2010
16 posts
“I was in the middle of eating a kosher pastrami sandwich,” Rabbi Levin said....”
– Rabbi Levin, homophobe, chokes on a kosher salami.
Apples and oranges
AAA Games (Call of Duty, Assassin’s Creed) = Blockbuster Movies (Transformers, Inception)
MMOs (World of Warcraft, EVE Online) = TV Shows (Sopranos, Mad Men, Firefly)
Social Games (Farmville, Baking Life) = Reality TV (Big Brother, Top Chef)
Indie/art games (VVVVVV, Braid) = Indie/art films (Primer, Blue Velvet)
No genre can be inherently “better” than another. They’re...
“An artificial appropriation of different styles from different eras, the hipster...”
– This article is about two years old but is still just as relevant.
“That problem being that gamification isn’t gamification at all. What we’re...”
– Can’t play, won’t play | Hide&Seek - Inventing new kinds of play
September 2010
13 posts
WatchKenna - “Hell Bent”
All Those Years Shopping At Independent Bookstore... →
“Countless hours wasted quietly browsing their shelves when I could have just ordered this shit for way cheaper online.”
via VisualCult
Finishing a Game
makegames:
As I work towards completing my own game, I’ve been thinking a lot about finishing projects in general. I’ve noticed that there are a lot of really talented developers out there that have trouble finishing games. Truthfully, I’ve left a long trail of unfinished games in my wake… I think everyone has. Not every project is going to pan out, for whatever reason. But if you find...