Only ten bucks?? And it’s awesome! Now *that*, my friends, is value. Osmos is a really clever and entertaining “ambient physics” indie game developed by some very talented friends of mine, lead by friend and former roommate Eddy Boxerman. I was lucky enough to get a shot at playtesting it, and it’s become a really…
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I haven’t been sleeping very well lately, and I’m not sure why. At first, I thought it might be all the coffee I drink, but I cut my intake down to 1-2 cups a day, and that just made me sleepier and crankier during the day without making me more inclined to sleep during the…
“Congratulations, mortal! In return for thy service, I grant thee the gift of Immortality!”
"Congratulations, mortal! In return for thy service, I grant thee the gift of Immortality!", originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. More than 10 years after I started playing Nethack — probably the deepest computer game evar — I finally beat it! That’s a 6,139,426-point Valkrie win right there, homeboy. If you don’t know Nethack, you’re…
Osmos nominated for IGF Grand Prize!
Osmos, a zen-like game put together by my friend and former roommate Eddy Boxerman (with help from other former kommune-ists Dave Burke and Andy Nealen, and some people I don’t know but who I assume are cool), has been nominated for three awards at the Independent Game Festival, including Grand Prize! If you don’t know…
X-COM, and a guide to running it on the Mac
Computer games tend to not have much of a lifespan, and when they do, I think a lot of it is due more to nostalgia than because they hold up especially well (not that modern games are a massive step forward, but there’s an evolutionary process, you know?). However, there are a few games that…