GOTY 2012
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All reviewsSniper Elite V22012
4 out of 5 stars(Please note that this review only covers the single-player portion of the game, on PC. The game also includes co-op missions and a competitive mode) The original Sniper Elite was not a game for everyone. Even on the lower difficulty settings it was quite willing to punish small mistakes, and the pace that you had to play it at was just above glacial. On the other hand, it wasn’t what you would call realistic in the…
Solar 22011
5 out of 5 starsSolar 2 is about as indie-ass an indie game as you can get. It was made by one guy (plus a musician) in his proverbial basement, who has a degree in biotechnology and has never worked in the game industry. This type of development process almost always leads to something interesting, but it’s rare to get something that is genuinely and uncompromisingly good out of it. Solar 2 is completely unlike anything out there,…
Duke Nukem Forever2011
3 out of 5 stars(Please note that this review only covers the single player component of the game) Gearbox’s President and CEO, Randy Pitchford, once referred to Duke Nukem Forever as “The Unshippable Game.” As I was playing DNF 14 years after it began development, I had similar feelings about its reviewability. Played out of context, it is a mediocre game with occasional highs and lows. The graphics are poor, the shooting doesn’t…
An add-on that completely misses the point
3 out of 5 starsHeavy Rain's main strength was the breadth of its story and the time that you spent getting to know the characters. This little bit of DLC has none of that, and is instead a 15 minute sequence featuring Madison's investigation of someone that she suspects of being the Origami Killer. She does this by entering his house and poking her nose where he would rather it wasn't. It manages to pull off a strong atmosphere of…
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All articlesBasically That: A Philosophy Graduate Explains His Degree Through The Talos Principle
Feb 24, 2016
I once made a game about the death penalty. This is my kind of thing. A couple years ago I dropped out of video games, both playing and designing, to focus on other interests and finishing a degree in philosophy. With university behind me and a games development course on the horizon, I am catching up on experiences I have missed in that time. Naturally one of the first games I lined up was The...
I Made a Game for Ludum Dare and You Might Find It Interesting
May 1, 2013
It can be found here: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=22819 Comments thusfar have included: "Beautiful, beautiful game!" "Great dialogue that keeps you wanting to play. Perfect!" "Wow, I played it like if I was sitting on that chair oO" "I wish I could skip through the intro." "the pacing was slow to the point of frustrating." "Who killed Chuck D? Excellent game...
Found Item Game Development
Mar 30, 2013
My takeaway from GDC this year was that I've been focusing too much on learning game development and not enough on designing compelling games. As such, I've decided to experiment with some "found item games". Basically that means I look at the objects on a table and try to make a game out of them. This is my second attempt (the first one requires a big stack of buisness cards). If somebody were...
This Is A Song
Feb 8, 2013
It would mean something to me if you cranked up the volume and listened to the songs that I've posted below. I'm not feeling great right now, and it would make for some kind of therapy-like thing. Maybe. I'm not sure about perfection. If asked, most people would say that perfection is inherently good. Perfect is all the good right? I don't think that's really true though. Imagine a perfect circ...
We Made A Game...About Space Mining...And It's Free!
Dec 11, 2012
You may or may not have noticed that I've been rather absent since September. I have 3 pages of Quicklooks to watch. Months of Bombcasts. I haven't played half of the GOTY contenders. But there is a reason. A very good reason. I've been making a game. I'm a philosophy student at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia. Because of my previous exploits, I was permitted to join the fourth year compute...
Postcards From Earthbound
Nov 11, 2012
Yesterday I finished playing Earthbound for the first time. I wanted to share a few of my most memorable moments in the game. I also included some text that you can read while you listen to them. Jeff's Journey It's not that running away from boarding school seems all that big of a deal. I mean, I know people who did. Sure, you don't usually have to fight bears and cavemen, and you don't usuall...
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