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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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Million Monster Militia – A Bunch of Unsolicited Feedback
Read more: Million Monster Militia – A Bunch of Unsolicited FeedbackUpdated 7/7/2024 – This write up has been updated to include the dev’s response. Pre-Script: It occurs to me after writing all of this that it will make absolutely no sense if you haven’t actually played the game I’m talking about. Whoops, and sorry. Actual reviews on a game to come later this week. I’ll…
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Mottainai
Read more: MottainaiI have mixed experiences with Carl Chudyk games. I quite liked Glory to Rome. My opinion on Aegean Sea was brief, concise, and not positive. (Aegean Seas remains to this day, the only board game I have ever ragequit.) So it’s good that Mottainai swings back in the other direction. I’ve heard Mottainai described as…
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Squad Busters – A Clown Covered in Leeches
Read more: Squad Busters – A Clown Covered in LeechesI don’t like exploitive business models much.
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Abiotic Factor
Read more: Abiotic FactorEd Note: This review is based on playing the game on a multiplayer server, with increased resources, bonus EXP gain for skills, and decreased hunger/thirst depletion rates. Screenshots are from the press kit, and were not taken during gameplay. Genre-wise, Abiotic Factor is not the most innovative thing. It’s a multiplayer survival crafting game, with…