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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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I went to a GMG Playtest Event!
Read more: I went to a GMG Playtest Event!Probably shouldn’t have abbreviated that quite so much, but GMG stands for Game Makers Guild! If you haven’t heard of the Game Makers Guild, they’re a group down in Boston that provides a bunch of services for indie designers, including design help, curation, and also runs playtesting events. I’ve written a fair amount about various…
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Ball X Pit
Read more: Ball X PitBall X Pit is Breakout X Vampire Survivors. There are a lot of things it does that I like, and it executes well on a most of its mechanics. Despite all that, I’m not sure that I want to recommend it, because I don’t really feel like I’m having fun with it. More on that…
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Funspot NH – A Quick Review
Read more: Funspot NH – A Quick ReviewFor my mildly belated birthday, one of my friends put together a trip down to Funspot several months ago. If you haven’t heard of Funspot, it’s the “world’s largest arcade” according to Guinness World Records. It’s an interesting place, both for the entertainments inside, and a secondary “vibe”. One of the first things you might…
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Q-UP Demo
Read more: Q-UP DemoOkay. We’re back. I may have lost it a little talking about Unfair Flips earlier in the week, but now it’s time to talk about Q-Up, another game about flipping coins. I really liked the Q-Up Demo. I actually played until I couldn’t anymore, because the demo stopped me. I thought it was great. You…