Recently Written
- 1001 Crazy Game Design Ideas: #7 Mob Tiers
- SpyParty beta announced
- No Updates for a long time
- Mobile access postings!
- planetmule.com
- 1001 Crazy Game Design Ideas: #6 End Game at the Beginning of the Game
- Just because I don’t want to lose this:
- Update: Back to Everquest
- Sad times in Noob-land
- Owning the game
Archives
- May 2011 (2)
- November 2010 (1)
- July 2010 (1)
- December 2009 (1)
- November 2009 (1)
- April 2009 (1)
- October 2008 (1)
- September 2007 (1)
- June 2007 (2)
- May 2007 (5)
- April 2007 (2)
- March 2007 (12)
Categories
Feeds
Admin
May
12
SpyParty beta announced
May 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment
So it looks like I am a bit late to the party here, Chris Hecker the developer of the indie game SpyParty announced Tuesday (5/10/2011) that he was accepting sign-ups to become part of the SpyParty beta.
The game looks particularly interesting (to me anyway!) with one person playing a spy trying to blend in with a crowd of computer controlled characters at a party while at the same time attempting to carry out a mission and another person playing a sniper across the street observing the party trying to deduce who is the human controlled spy, so he can end the espionage mission with a bullet to the head. Check it out in more detail at the web site: http://www.spyparty.com/
I am hoping to get my beta invite soon!
Creator video interview after the jump… Read more
Nov
15
No Updates for a long time
November 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment
I realize I haven’t updated this in a while, but I haven’t forgotten about it completely. Mostly completely, but not completely.
Jul
3
Mobile access postings!
July 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Mobile access to my little blog doesn’t necessarily mean I’ll be posting more often, or more insightfully, but it probably can’t hurt.
Apr
13
Just because I don’t want to lose this:
April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment
A link to someone as upset as I get over video game DRM:http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-mt4BpnfAN-o/how_anti_piracy_screws_over_people_who_buy_pc_games_flv/
Oct
29
Update: Back to Everquest
October 29, 2008 | 2 Comments
Four weeks ago, some friends and myself decided to dust off our Everquest subscriptions from days gone by and try to take back Norrath from whoever it is that thinks they own it now. I must say that I am having a blast playing it again and I am finding it much easier to overlook its “problems” and just enjoy it as a pleasant one night a week diversion. But the new Norrath isn’t quite as we remember it. Not only is the game sporting 15 total expansions (holy crap!), but there have been some significant mechanics changes to the game which greatly impact the play.
May
20
Oh sure, I’d like one…
May 20, 2007 | 1 Comment
In case you haven’t heard yet, the Optimus Maximus keyboards may now be pre-ordered for delivery in December. The keyboards feature an individual LED on each key which may be programmed to display anything which will fit on their 48 x 48 pixel screens. The keyboards also feature a pre-order price tag of approximately $1564, or more than three times the annual per capita income of folks living in India.
May
16
Un-installed Vanguard just now
May 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I guess it was the recent announcement that Sony had acquired Vanguard developer Sigil Games that was the impetus behind the decision to finally erase the already dusty and unused Vanguard: Saga of Heroes from my hard drive. Not that I needed to reclaim the space for anything, but just because I figure that I likely won’t be going back in the near future.
I had already canceled my subscription because Sony decided to hike up the rates on their Station Pass, which I was a subscriber to despite only playing Vanguard at the time. I hadn’t even thought about it since then, I can’t believe that was only back in March, it seems like such a long time ago that I played it.
But to finally un-install it made me just a touch melancholic. Maybe it’s the rainy New Hampshire evening that’s got me a bit down already, or maybe it’s the idea of “the Vision” which could have been, but never quite materialized from the murkiness of the wonderful daydream that it must have been and that many of us at one time shared. Read more
May
16
Lexicon page removed
May 16, 2007 | 3 Comments
For those of you who visit the site often, you may notice that a link to page called “Lexicon,” where I had defined exactly 6 game design terms, has been removed.
After surfing over to Nerfbat’s page, I noticed that he recently updated his own MMO Lexicon page, which is a wiki format page allowing the community to stock it with content. Well heck, if someone out there is already getting the community involved in defining the various MMO terminology, I might as well just link to that instead.
And I believe they even have more than 6 terms defined already!
May
14
A recent revelation
May 14, 2007 | 1 Comment
As I was playing yet another hour (or two) of the fabulously addictive Desktop Tower Defense by Paul Preece on Challenge level (The 100) and while I was failing over and over to actually complete the challenge, I was struck with a sudden revelation. It hit me like a level 40 giant hitting a noobie wizard in a soiled cloth robe.
I am a masochistic gamer.
May
11
Blame the zombies
May 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment
It’s their fault I haven’t posted here in a while.
Everything is better now that I found the flamethrower and the chainsaw.
I promise.