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This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (And Why It Matters) – Book Review
Read more: This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (And Why It Matters) – Book ReviewI guess I’m doing book reviews for a bit. Look, at least some of these books will be about games, so at least that helps. Not this one though! This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong is a (generally) non-fiction book by Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones, who are better known for their Map Men…
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Tournament Arc
Read more: Tournament ArcPartway through my last game of Tournament Arc, tragedy struck. Mr. Bear transferred schools and was then immediately hit by a bus. Obviously, this did not bode well for his odds in the hot dog eating competition (which was ultimately won by Bonk Dents, despite starting the game with most of their bones already broken).…
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PAX East 2025 – Day Three Quick Thoughts
Read more: PAX East 2025 – Day Three Quick ThoughtsIt’s day three, and I’ve somehow managed to make it to the finals of the Omegathon. That fact is starting to become mildly overwhelming, but for now I’m gonna focus on other things before it becomes all consuming. Anyway, day three. I took today pretty slow. After showing up and looking around for a bit,…
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PAX East 2025 – Day One and Two Quick Thoughts
Read more: PAX East 2025 – Day One and Two Quick ThoughtsLong time readers will know that I do daily writeups and wrapups of what I saw, and what I played during conventions. Unfortunately, I’m a bit busier this year than I normally am. So allow me to offer a brief and undetailed account, written in a mild fugue state, just around midnight of day 2.…
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Skin Deep
Read more: Skin DeepI like Skin Deep. I like it more than Quadrilateral Cowboy, the previous title by BLENDO Games. I wouldn’t have mainlined thirteen hours of it over two days the day it released if I didn’t like it. If you like weird indie stuff, and find yourself interested by an immersive sim where you save cats…