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Category Archives: Video Games
On These Are Your Friends
These Are Your Friends is a fifteen second game that gave me more enjoyment than 90% of sandbox open world military shooter fantasy space sims. Dayton McKay made it. You’re a giant, powerful woman who can pick up her friends to … Continue reading
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Tagged dayton mckay, mountain, these are your friends, video games
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Super Mario Bros. 3 and The Plumber’s Dream
I’m trying to figure out the Super Mario Bros. 3 lore.
Posted in Video, Video Games
Tagged luigi, mario, super mario bros. 3, the plumber's dream, vaatividya
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You Buy It I Play It: Orion: Prelude
This video is part of my series where I will play anything that you buy for me. I played through Orion: Prelude and it really hurt me emotionally.
Posted in Video, Video Games, You Buy It I Write It
Tagged orion: prelude, video, video games, you buy it I write it
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You Buy It I Play It: Revelations 2012
This video is part of my series where I will play anything that you buy for me. I’ve started branching out into “video content” for games that seem like they would be better for showing and talking than writing, and … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games, You Buy It I Write It
Tagged left 4 dead, revelations 2012, video games, you buy it I write it
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Review of Arkham Knight at Paste
About halfway through my time with the game, I quipped on Twitter that Arkham Knight has some of the best comic book writing in the sense that the writing is terrible, and while I’m not sure I think that’s exactly … Continue reading
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Tagged batman, batman: arkham knight, review, video games
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Heroes of the Storm SUPERCUT
Last night I posted a “supercut” video of a long stream of Heroes of the Storm that I hosted the other night. It’s a bunch of my friends from my World of Warcraft days and before, and I’ve included our fun wins and our … Continue reading
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Tagged blizzard, heroes of the storm, supercut, video, video games
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Epanalepsis Out Today!
After a very long and weird journey that has destroyed both my mind and my body, I have released Epanalepsis. It is a short narrative game that’s sort of cyberpunky and sort of Literary Brat Pack and generally just a weird … Continue reading
Posted in A Game I Made, Video Games
Tagged a game i made, adventure games, epanalepsis, john fio, video games
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On Notes From The Casketgirl
Someone, probably Michael Lutz, told me about Notes From The Casketgirl by Sloane a year or more ago and it’s been on my list of things to check out since then. I finally sat down with it, headphones in, and got deep into … Continue reading
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Tagged notes from the casketgirl, twine, videogames
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Thimbleweed Park and Sketching
Gary Winnick has a new post up on the Thimbleweek Park development blog about quick sketching and visual design for a game. I’ve never thought about quick iteration as something at the forefront of my game development method, but I really have … Continue reading
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Tagged epanalepsis, sketching, thimbleweed park, video games
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Epanalepsis Trailer
I’ve been making a game for the last six months called Epanalepsis. It is a science fictiony game about time and cities and contemporary life and it doesn’t really fit a lot of the traditional boundaries of adventure games. It will … Continue reading
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Tagged a game i made, epanalepsis, science fiction, video game
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