I was a guest on this week’s Jumping the Shark podcast, and the topic for the week (once you get past all the “what are you playing?” stuff) was whether we complete the games we play. This was not about whether reviewers have to, but about what makes us finish a game and whether we […]
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Catching Up on the Portfolio
December 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Gameshark, Me, PCGamer, Podcast
What a last couple of months. So busy on the personal and professional side of things, helping other people with their stuff, reorganizing my office, and publishing all kinds of reviews and the like. Some things are written but not up. The portfolio will be updated later today. But here’s a quick update. Gameshark Sims […]
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Seasonal Regrets
December 13th, 2010 · 36 Comments · Me
It has been a chaotic year in a lot of ways, and the podcast and my writing work – as great as they’ve been – have not always helped. As I look back through 2010, I see a couple of dozen games that I wanted to play or play more. The podcast schedule often meant […]
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World Enough And Time
December 7th, 2010 · 10 Comments · Design, Me
Bruce’s recent post on Soldiers of Anarchy and my half-formed rant about tutorials are certainly products of our age and experience. It’s not that we are wiser – my list of follies in the past twelve months would be great fodder for Renaissance woodcarvings. It’s more a realization that time is short and games should […]
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I Still Have This?
November 21st, 2010 · 12 Comments · Me
As I reorganize my office (i.e., put things in boxes), I keep stumbling upon the leftovers of a life spent playing some very unusual games – things I had forgotten altogether. The dry and dull Age of Sail game Salvo. A bunch of modern era RTSes that blend together in my memory (Act of War, […]
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DC Area Fall Meetup Reminder: Tomorrow at 2:30
November 19th, 2010 · Comments Off on DC Area Fall Meetup Reminder: Tomorrow at 2:30 · Me
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