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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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Dorfromantik: The Board Game
Read more: Dorfromantik: The Board GameDorfromantik: The Board Game, as you might be able to tell from the title, is an adaptation of the video game Dorfromantik: Doesn’t Actually Have a Subtitle Because It Was Made First. Admittedly, capitalizing every letter in the latter half of that last sentence was a stupid bit, but it’s about the quality that this…
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Idleon – The Idle MMO
Read more: Idleon – The Idle MMOThis writeup is technically about Idleon. But it’s also about Universal Paperclips, Spaceplan, and Cookie Clicker. These are all incremental or clicker games. It’s a somewhat nebulous genre primarily defined by clicking, and ‘number go up,’ but much like Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once said, “I’ll know it when I see it.” Admittedly he…
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Hi, I’m a Stupid Person Who Gives Review Scores
Read more: Hi, I’m a Stupid Person Who Gives Review ScoresIn response to Mike Drucker. Hi. I’m the stupid person who gives review scores! You might know me from the byline of a million terrible reviews on Kotaku, GameInformer, or other gaming media sites swallowed up into useless reviews, copy pasted guides, and SEO milking trash. I might also not be real, and be a…
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How to Get the Lorcana Starter Decks for Cheap
Read more: How to Get the Lorcana Starter Decks for CheapSo, maybe you read the last post, and despite the fact that Lorcana boosters are currently going for a street value of $5 an ounce, (a ratio that really feels like it should be reserved for a different type of substance), you still want in? All right. It’s a pretty fun game. But instead of…